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Introduction: Aristotle, Jonson, Shakespeare Chapter 1: The Poetics and comedy Part I Chapter 2: Comic error and the hoax Chapter 3: "Laid flat" in the "flame and height of their humours": Exposure in Jonson Chapter 4: Shakespeare’s exposure of "seeming" Part II Chapter 5: Indignation Chapter 6: Jonson’s shifting "furor poeticus" Chapter 7: "Kill Claudio": Indignation and pity in Shakespeare Part III Chapter 8: Catharsis Chapter 9: "Checked by strength and clearness": Jonson’s comic catharsis Chapter 10: The "strange course" of Shakespeare’s comic catharsis  Conclusion Bibliography