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The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner.

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Foreword by Jean-Patrick Debb che and Paul Perron Methodology Types of Laughter and Ridiculing Laughter as a Type Those Who Laugh and Those Who Do Not The Ridiculous in Nature Preliminary Observations The Physical Side of Humans The Comic of Similarity The Comic of Difference Humans Disgused as Animals Humans as Things Ridiculing the Professions Parody Comic Exaggeration Thwarted Plans Duping Incongruity Lying The Verbal Devices of the Comic Comic Characters Role Exchange: 'Much Ado about Nothing' Benign Laughter Bitter and Cynical Laughter Joyful Laughter Ritual Laughter Carnival Laughter Conclusion, Results and Further Thoughts On Aesthetic Qualities Notes References

On the Comic and Laughter

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 7 November 2009
      ISBN-13 9780802099266
      978-0802099266
      ISBN-10 0802099262

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author of the widely acclaimed Morphology of the Folktale has written an original, comprehensive, and exciting study on how humour works, and on everything you wanted to know about the genre, in a clear, approachable, and insightful manner.

      Table of Contents
      Foreword by Jean-Patrick Debb che and Paul Perron Methodology Types of Laughter and Ridiculing Laughter as a Type Those Who Laugh and Those Who Do Not The Ridiculous in Nature Preliminary Observations The Physical Side of Humans The Comic of Similarity The Comic of Difference Humans Disgused as Animals Humans as Things Ridiculing the Professions Parody Comic Exaggeration Thwarted Plans Duping Incongruity Lying The Verbal Devices of the Comic Comic Characters Role Exchange: 'Much Ado about Nothing' Benign Laughter Bitter and Cynical Laughter Joyful Laughter Ritual Laughter Carnival Laughter Conclusion, Results and Further Thoughts On Aesthetic Qualities Notes References

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