Susanne Langer Quote

As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.


Feeling and Form: A Theory of Art Developed from Philosophy in a New Key (1953)


As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.

As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.

As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.

As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.