Max Eastman
Enjoyment of Laughter
Max Eastman
Enjoyment of Laughter
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Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element. This book presents a view of the science of laughter and draws upon some of the great American humorists to do so.
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Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element. This book presents a view of the science of laughter and draws upon some of the great American humorists to do so.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
- Seitenzahl: 414
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 151mm x 37mm
- Gewicht: 660g
- ISBN-13: 9781412808446
- ISBN-10: 1412808448
- Artikelnr.: 23884202
- Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
- Seitenzahl: 414
- Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 151mm x 37mm
- Gewicht: 660g
- ISBN-13: 9781412808446
- ISBN-10: 1412808448
- Artikelnr.: 23884202
Max Eastman
1: Fun and Funny
2: Babies and Grown-Ups
3: Why We Laugh Like Human Beings
1: The Importance of Not Being Earnest
2: The Gift of Being Tickled
3: Infant Laughter
4: Do Babies Feel Derisive?
5: Adult Laughter
6: Eddie Cantor on the Auction Block
4: Varieties of Humorous Experience
11: Witty Jokes and Ludicrous Perceptions
12: The Definition of Wit
13: That Nonsense Must Be Plausible
14: Funny Things and People
15: Funny Pictures
16: Poetic Humor
17: Comical Figures of Speech
18: Two Kinds of Comic Action
19: A Mote on Comic Styles
20: Poetic and Pictorial Humor with a Point: Cartoons
21: That Rich Jokes Are Both Witty and Ludicrous
5: Having Fun With Language
22: Atrocious Puns
23: Witty Puns
24: Poetic Puns
25: The Fun of Distorted Words
26: That Bad Grammar Is Good Fun
6: Laughing at Too-Much and Not-Enough
27: Exaggeration
28: Exaggeration as a Weapon: Caricature, Burlesque and Parody
29: The American Blend of HumorA Digression
30: Understatement
31: Understatement as a Weapon
Irony
32: Sarcasm and the Irony of Fate
7: The Prevailing Topics of Laughter
33: Playthings of the Moment
34: Matrimony and Other Painful Pleasures
35: Satire and Sympathetic Humor
36: Degrees of Biting
37: Slapstick and Aggressive Humor
38: Risqué and Ribald Jokes: Freud's Theory
39: About Nonsense and about Children: Freud's Theory Some More
40: That Comicality Is Mot Release: Freud's Theory Still
41: The Furtive Snicker and the Rabelaisian Laugh
42: Why Truth Is Humorous
8: How to Tell Good Jokes from Bad
43: To Diagram a Joke
44: The Ten Commandments of the Comic Arts
Supplementary
Some Humorists on Humor
Notes
2: Babies and Grown-Ups
3: Why We Laugh Like Human Beings
1: The Importance of Not Being Earnest
2: The Gift of Being Tickled
3: Infant Laughter
4: Do Babies Feel Derisive?
5: Adult Laughter
6: Eddie Cantor on the Auction Block
4: Varieties of Humorous Experience
11: Witty Jokes and Ludicrous Perceptions
12: The Definition of Wit
13: That Nonsense Must Be Plausible
14: Funny Things and People
15: Funny Pictures
16: Poetic Humor
17: Comical Figures of Speech
18: Two Kinds of Comic Action
19: A Mote on Comic Styles
20: Poetic and Pictorial Humor with a Point: Cartoons
21: That Rich Jokes Are Both Witty and Ludicrous
5: Having Fun With Language
22: Atrocious Puns
23: Witty Puns
24: Poetic Puns
25: The Fun of Distorted Words
26: That Bad Grammar Is Good Fun
6: Laughing at Too-Much and Not-Enough
27: Exaggeration
28: Exaggeration as a Weapon: Caricature, Burlesque and Parody
29: The American Blend of HumorA Digression
30: Understatement
31: Understatement as a Weapon
Irony
32: Sarcasm and the Irony of Fate
7: The Prevailing Topics of Laughter
33: Playthings of the Moment
34: Matrimony and Other Painful Pleasures
35: Satire and Sympathetic Humor
36: Degrees of Biting
37: Slapstick and Aggressive Humor
38: Risqué and Ribald Jokes: Freud's Theory
39: About Nonsense and about Children: Freud's Theory Some More
40: That Comicality Is Mot Release: Freud's Theory Still
41: The Furtive Snicker and the Rabelaisian Laugh
42: Why Truth Is Humorous
8: How to Tell Good Jokes from Bad
43: To Diagram a Joke
44: The Ten Commandments of the Comic Arts
Supplementary
Some Humorists on Humor
Notes
1: Fun and Funny
2: Babies and Grown-Ups
3: Why We Laugh Like Human Beings
1: The Importance of Not Being Earnest
2: The Gift of Being Tickled
3: Infant Laughter
4: Do Babies Feel Derisive?
5: Adult Laughter
6: Eddie Cantor on the Auction Block
4: Varieties of Humorous Experience
11: Witty Jokes and Ludicrous Perceptions
12: The Definition of Wit
13: That Nonsense Must Be Plausible
14: Funny Things and People
15: Funny Pictures
16: Poetic Humor
17: Comical Figures of Speech
18: Two Kinds of Comic Action
19: A Mote on Comic Styles
20: Poetic and Pictorial Humor with a Point: Cartoons
21: That Rich Jokes Are Both Witty and Ludicrous
5: Having Fun With Language
22: Atrocious Puns
23: Witty Puns
24: Poetic Puns
25: The Fun of Distorted Words
26: That Bad Grammar Is Good Fun
6: Laughing at Too-Much and Not-Enough
27: Exaggeration
28: Exaggeration as a Weapon: Caricature, Burlesque and Parody
29: The American Blend of HumorA Digression
30: Understatement
31: Understatement as a Weapon
Irony
32: Sarcasm and the Irony of Fate
7: The Prevailing Topics of Laughter
33: Playthings of the Moment
34: Matrimony and Other Painful Pleasures
35: Satire and Sympathetic Humor
36: Degrees of Biting
37: Slapstick and Aggressive Humor
38: Risqué and Ribald Jokes: Freud's Theory
39: About Nonsense and about Children: Freud's Theory Some More
40: That Comicality Is Mot Release: Freud's Theory Still
41: The Furtive Snicker and the Rabelaisian Laugh
42: Why Truth Is Humorous
8: How to Tell Good Jokes from Bad
43: To Diagram a Joke
44: The Ten Commandments of the Comic Arts
Supplementary
Some Humorists on Humor
Notes
2: Babies and Grown-Ups
3: Why We Laugh Like Human Beings
1: The Importance of Not Being Earnest
2: The Gift of Being Tickled
3: Infant Laughter
4: Do Babies Feel Derisive?
5: Adult Laughter
6: Eddie Cantor on the Auction Block
4: Varieties of Humorous Experience
11: Witty Jokes and Ludicrous Perceptions
12: The Definition of Wit
13: That Nonsense Must Be Plausible
14: Funny Things and People
15: Funny Pictures
16: Poetic Humor
17: Comical Figures of Speech
18: Two Kinds of Comic Action
19: A Mote on Comic Styles
20: Poetic and Pictorial Humor with a Point: Cartoons
21: That Rich Jokes Are Both Witty and Ludicrous
5: Having Fun With Language
22: Atrocious Puns
23: Witty Puns
24: Poetic Puns
25: The Fun of Distorted Words
26: That Bad Grammar Is Good Fun
6: Laughing at Too-Much and Not-Enough
27: Exaggeration
28: Exaggeration as a Weapon: Caricature, Burlesque and Parody
29: The American Blend of HumorA Digression
30: Understatement
31: Understatement as a Weapon
Irony
32: Sarcasm and the Irony of Fate
7: The Prevailing Topics of Laughter
33: Playthings of the Moment
34: Matrimony and Other Painful Pleasures
35: Satire and Sympathetic Humor
36: Degrees of Biting
37: Slapstick and Aggressive Humor
38: Risqué and Ribald Jokes: Freud's Theory
39: About Nonsense and about Children: Freud's Theory Some More
40: That Comicality Is Mot Release: Freud's Theory Still
41: The Furtive Snicker and the Rabelaisian Laugh
42: Why Truth Is Humorous
8: How to Tell Good Jokes from Bad
43: To Diagram a Joke
44: The Ten Commandments of the Comic Arts
Supplementary
Some Humorists on Humor
Notes