English Comedy: Its Role and Nature from Chaucer to the Present DayChatto & Windus, 1975 - 288 Seiten |
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... laughter at him protects us , in much the same way as our laughter at ourselves protects us , by forestalling the probably less indulgent laughter of others and burking further criticism . Thus humour is a tone indicating amusement ...
... laughter at him protects us , in much the same way as our laughter at ourselves protects us , by forestalling the probably less indulgent laughter of others and burking further criticism . Thus humour is a tone indicating amusement ...
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... laughter , usually inward laughter , through the release of tension . The risk , of course , is that the dissembling will not be seen through . One recalls the story of the old dear who re - read Mr Gibbon for the sake of all the pious ...
... laughter , usually inward laughter , through the release of tension . The risk , of course , is that the dissembling will not be seen through . One recalls the story of the old dear who re - read Mr Gibbon for the sake of all the pious ...
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... laughter : Nor is the moving of laughter always the end of comedy ; that is rather a fowling for the people's delight , or their fooling . For , as Aristotle says rightly , the moving of laughter is a fault in comedy . A comment ...
... laughter : Nor is the moving of laughter always the end of comedy ; that is rather a fowling for the people's delight , or their fooling . For , as Aristotle says rightly , the moving of laughter is a fault in comedy . A comment ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgements page | 9 |
Origin and Nature of Comedy | 17 |
Critical Terminology | 28 |
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