Suffering Art Gladly: The Paradox Of Negative Emotion In Art

Suffering Art Gladly Also by Jerrold Levinson MUSIC, ART, AND METAPHYSICS THE PLEASURES OF AESTHETICS MUSIC IN THE MOMENT CONTEMPLATING ART AESTHETICS AND ETHICS (editor) THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF AESTHETICS (editor) AESTHETIC CONCEPTS (co-editor with Emily Brady) ART AND PORNOGRAPHY (co-editor with Hans Maes) Suffering Art Gladly The Paradox of Negative Emotion in Art Edited by Jerrold Levinson Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, USA ISBN 978-1-349-34598-4 ISBN 978-1-137-31371-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137313713 Selection, introduction and editorial matter © Jerrold Levinson 2014 Chapters © Contributors 2014 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014 978-0-230-34983-4 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martins Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Contents List of Figures vii Acknowledgements viii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction Jerrold Levinson x Part I Historical Perspectives 1 Aristotle on the Paradox of Tragic Pleasure Pierre Destrée 2 The Resolution and Dissolution of the Paradox of Negative Emotions in the Aesthetics of the Eighteenth Century Carole Talon-Hugon 28 A Lust of the Mind: Curiosity and Aversion in Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics Carolyn Korsmeyer 45 3 4 On Mere Suffering: Hume and the Problem of Tragedy Christopher Williams 5 The Problem and Promise of the Sublime: Lessons from Kant and Schopenhauer Sandra Shapshay Part II 3 68 84 Contemporary Perspectives 6 A Simple Solution to the Paradox of Negative Emotion Rafael De Clercq 111 7 Painful Art and the Limits of Well-Being Aaron Smuts 123 8 That Obscure Object of Desire: Pleasure in Painful Art Jonathan Gilmore 153 9 Playing with Fire: Art and the Seductive Power of Pain Iskra Fileva 171 v vi Contents 10 Heavenly Hurt: The Joy and Value of Sad Poetry Anna Christina Ribeiro 186 11 Negative Emotions and Creativit