King Lear — Die Tragödie des Zuschauers: Ästhetik und Ethik der Empathie [King Lear — The Spectator's Tragedy: Aesthetics and Ethics of Empathy] https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaam82/ Author: Mayer, Mathias. Type: Book Monograph Year: 2022 Publication Information: Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2022. 183 pp. Annotation: Investigates role of spectating audience in viewing tragedy, particularly King Lear. Considers how observation of tragedy provokes aesthetic reaction of learned empathy.  Language: German Tags: King Lear, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Summer 2024 WSB Record Number: aaam82