Only a joke can save us : a theory of comedy /

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"Only a Joke Can Save Us presents an innovative and comprehensive theory of comedy. Using a wealth of examples from high and popular culture and with careful attention to the treatment of humor in philosophy, Todd McGowan locates the universal source of comedy in the interplay of the opposing c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGowan, Todd (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2017.
Colección:Diaeresis.
Temas:
Comedy films > History and criticism.
Comedy > Psychological aspects.
Comedy.
Comic, The.
Films comiques > Histoire et critique.
Comédie > Aspect psychologique.
Comédie.
Comique.
comedy plays.
PHILOSOPHY > General.
Comedy
Comedy films
Comedy > Psychological aspects
Comic, The
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : the similar and the dissimilar
  • Lack and excess
  • Theory and opposition
  • Tragedy and pathos
  • Philosophy and the finite
  • Signification and desire
  • Distance and proximity
  • Outside and inside
  • Ideology and equality
  • Conclusion : speculation and levity.

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