Infection and Catharsis: From «Consanguineous Infections» to «Emotive Infections»

This essay observes, in the light of dramatic paradigms, the use of the symbolic imagery of infection/contamination in relation to the ‘phraseology’ and theorising of catharsis (purgation, purification), employed and especially elaborated by the complicated experience of classic and classicistic tra...

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Main Author: Elisabetta Selmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2020-12-01
Series:DNA Di Nulla Academia
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Online Access:https://dnacamporesi.unibo.it/article/view/12084