An edition of ARgument of laughter (1951)

Argument of laughter

1st pbk. ed.
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An edition of ARgument of laughter (1951)

Argument of laughter

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English
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264

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Cover of: Argument of laughter
Argument of laughter
1963, University of Notre Dame Press
in English - 1st pbk. ed.
Cover of: ARgument of laughter
ARgument of laughter
1951, Melbourne University Press

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Table of Contents

Pt. 1. What we laugh at. The problem of laughter
Non-humorous laughter
Types of humour
Comedy of character
Finding connections
Nonsense
Misfortunes
pt. 2. Theories of humour. Superiority theories. I. Hobbes and Bain. II. Leavock and Ludovici
Bergson
Feibleman and McDougall
Incongruity theories. I. Kant, Schopenhauer and Spencer. II. Eastman
Release from restraint. I. Kline. II. Freud. III. Gregory
Ambivalence. I. Greig. II. Menon
pt. 3. Synthesis. The inappropriate.

Edition Notes

Originally published 1951. Reprinted by permission of the Melbourne University Press, Victoria, Australia.

Includes bibliographical references.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
152.43, 157.224
Library of Congress
BF575.L3 M752

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264 pages
Number of pages
264

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Open Library
OL27782742M
Internet Archive
argumentoflaught0000monr
OCLC/WorldCat
174476

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