Humour Eagleton Terry
Humour Eagleton Terry A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture--by one of its greatest exponentsWritten by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study…
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Humour Eagleton Terry
A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture--by one of its greatest exponentsWritten by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Why do we laugh?
Can we define wit?Packed with illuminating ideas and a good many excellent jokes, the book critically examines various well-known theories of humour, including the idea that it springs from incongruity and the view that it reflects a mildly sadistic form of superiority to others. Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Drawing on a wide range of literary and philosophical sources, Terry Eagleton moves from Aristotle and Aquinas to Hobbes, Freud, and Bakhtin, looking in particular at the
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