Gerald Else | |
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| Born | Gerald Frank Else July 1, 1908[1] Redfield, South Dakota, United States |
| Died | September 6, 1982 (aged 74)[2] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Classicist |
Gerald Frank Else (July 1, 1908 – 6 September 1982) was a distinguished American classicist. He was professor of Greek and Latin at University of Michigan and University of Iowa. Else is substantially credited with the refinement of Aristotelian scholarship in aesthetics in the 20th century to expand the reading of catharsis alone to include the aesthetic triad of mimesis, hamartia, and catharsis as all essentially linked to each other.[3]
- ^ North Carolina, Death Indexes, 1908-2004
- ^ Obituary of Gerald Else - New York Times 8 September 1982 Accessed 20 June 2015
- ^ Golden, Leon. Aristotle on tragic and comic mimesis, Scholars Press, Atlanta, Georgia.