" :The lead I propose is: ""catharsis {etymology} refers to the purification and purgation of emotions (especially pity and fear) through art or to any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. This minimal version is in accordance with canonical encyclopedic definitions such as ""catharsis, the purification or purgation of the emotions (especially pity and fear) primarily through art. In criticism, catharsis is a metaphor used by Aristotle in the Poetics to describe the effects of true tragedy on the spectator"" (catharsis (criticism) Encyclopedia Britannica) or ""the purification and purgation of emotions (especially
" :The lead I propose is: ""catharsis {etymology} refers to the purification and purgation of emotions (especially pity and fear) through art or to any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. This minimal version is in accordance with canonical encyclopedic definitions such as ""catharsis, the purification or purgation of the emotions (especially pity and fear) primarily through art. In criticism, catharsis is a metaphor used by Aristotle in the Poetics to describe the effects of true tragedy on the spectator"" (catharsis (criticism) Encyclopedia Britannica) or ""the purification and purgation of emotions (especially pity