A Joy in Fear: The Passion for Fear in Joanna Baillie?s Plays Orra and The Dream

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angličtina
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A Joy in Fear: The Passion for Fear in Joanna Baillie?s Plays Orra and The Dream
Original language description
This paper compares two tragedies in the third volume of Joanna Baillie?s Plays on the Passions in which the playwright explores the workings of fear on the minds of two main protagonists. The title character of Orra is a woman driven to madness by her superstitious fear of the supernatural, which is indicative of Baillie?s affiliation with the Gothic. In The Dream, General Osterloo collapses, terrified of dying with a guilty conscience. This paper discusses a new theory of theatre Baillie herself formulated, and draws connections to Burke?s notion of the sublime, stressing the importance of fear and terror for creating an aesthetic experience. The plays also demonstrate a tendency to depict the psychology of characters, namely their suppressed feelings and emotions.
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I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Zlín Proceedings in Humanities - Theories and Practices
ISBN
9788074541919
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Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
289-294
Publisher name
Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně
Place of publication
Zlín
Event location
Zlín
Event date
Jan 1, 2011
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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