Comedy. - SYPHER, W., (ed.),
"An Essay on Comedy" by George Meredith. "Laughter" by Henri Bergson
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Contents: G. MEREDITH: An Essay on Comedy (pp.3-61); H. BERGSON: Laughter (pp.61-193); (Appendix): W. SYPHER: The Meanings of Comedy (pp.193-256). Notes. Bibliographical Note. 'Laughter makes us human' is the theme of these two classic works, one by the English novelist George Meredith, the other by the celebrated French philosopher Henri Bergson. Written some hundred years ago, largely in response to what their authors saw as the dehumanization of man in the industrial age, the essays still convey great sense and significance today. Casting a critical eye on comic works throughout the ages, Meredith finds that the most skilled masters of the comic art - Aristophanes, Rabelais, Voltaire, Cervantes, Fielding Moliere - used comedy to grasp the essence of humanity. Comedy, according to Meredith's theory, serves an important moral and social function: it redeems us from our posturings, stripping away pride, arrogance, complacency, and other sins. Bergson's essay looks at comedy within a wider field of vision, foc...
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1980Uitgever: Johns Hopkins University Press288 paginasISBN-10: 0801823277ISBN-13: 9780801823275Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Baltimore / London, 1980. Reprint 1st ed.1956. XVI,260p. Paperback. Spine a bit wrinkled. Some foxing. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: SYPHER, W., (ed.),] [Uitgever: Johns Hopkins University Press] [Jaar: 1980] [Titel: Comedy.]
