TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schaeffer,Neil
TI  - The Art of Laughter
SN  - 9780231904186
PY  - 1981///]
CY  - New York, NY : 
PB  - Columbia University Press, 
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. Matter and Manner: Theories of Laughter --; 2. The Context of Comedy --; 3. Jokes --; 4. Lenny Bruce and Extreme Comedy --; 5. Tristram Shandy: A Comic Novel --; 6. As You Like It: The Context of Dramatic Comedy --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Presents a general theory on laughter and the vocal pleasures associated with it. Examines the factors in common in literary and natural events, looking specifically at the theories of laughter, context of comedy, jokes, and the comic novel.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7312/scha90418
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231878647.jpg
ER  -