The senses of humor : self and laughter in modern America /

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"The expression "sense of humor" was first coined in the 1840s, and the idea that such a sense was a personality trait to be valued developed only in the 1870s. What is the relationship between medieval humoral medicine and this distinctively modern idea of the sense of humor? What ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wickberg, Daniel, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
1900-1999
American wit and humor > History and criticism.
Laughter > Social aspects > United States.
Self in literature.
Humour américain > Histoire et critique.
Rire > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
HUMOR > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Humor.
American wit and humor.
Laughter > Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
United States > Social life and customs > 20th century.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 20e siècle.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Idea of Humor
  • 2. Humor, Laughter, and Sensibility
  • 3. Bureaucratic Individualism and the Sense of Humor
  • 4. The Commodity Form of the Joke
  • 5. The Humorous and the Serious
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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