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This book is a study of the interrelationship between comedy and selfhood. While most people have a clear idea of what is meant by comedy, the notion of a self is much more enigmatic and therefore requires illumination.

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...succeeds in probing some interesting dilemmas about comedy, its origins, and its exposition of certain tendencies in human ideas of self-identity. -- Marc Hewson, Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor
...succeeds in probing some interesting dilemmas about comedy, its origins, and its exposition of certain tendencies in human ideas of self-identity. -- Marc Hewson, Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor

Split down the Sides On the Subject of Laughter

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      Publisher: University Press of America
      Publication Date: 28/02/1997
      ISBN13: 9780761805519, 978-0761805519
      ISBN10: 0761805516

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is a study of the interrelationship between comedy and selfhood. While most people have a clear idea of what is meant by comedy, the notion of a self is much more enigmatic and therefore requires illumination.

      Trade Review
      ...succeeds in probing some interesting dilemmas about comedy, its origins, and its exposition of certain tendencies in human ideas of self-identity. -- Marc Hewson, Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor
      ...succeeds in probing some interesting dilemmas about comedy, its origins, and its exposition of certain tendencies in human ideas of self-identity. -- Marc Hewson, Thalia: Studies in Literary Humor

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