Humour
Eagleton, Terry (, 1943-)
Humour / Terry Eagleton - New Haven : Yale University Press , 2019 - 178 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit? Packed with illuminating ideas and a good many excellent jokes, the book critically examines various well-known theories of humour, including the idea that it springs from incongruity and the view that it reflects a mildly sadistic form of superiority to others. Drawing on a wide range of literary and philosophical sources, Terry Eagleton moves from Aristotle and Aquinas to Hobbes, Freud, and Bakhtin, looking in particular at the psychoanalytical mechanisms underlying humour and its social and political evolution over the centuries.
English
9780300243147
019369064 Uk
Wit and humor---History and criticism
Wit and humor---Political aspects
Wit and humor---Social aspects
PN6147 / .E194 2019
809.7 EAG
Humour / Terry Eagleton - New Haven : Yale University Press , 2019 - 178 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Written by an acknowledged master of comedy, this study reflects on the nature of humour and the functions it serves. Why do we laugh? What are we to make of the sheer variety of laughter, from braying and cackling to sniggering and chortling? Is humour subversive, or can it defuse dissent? Can we define wit? Packed with illuminating ideas and a good many excellent jokes, the book critically examines various well-known theories of humour, including the idea that it springs from incongruity and the view that it reflects a mildly sadistic form of superiority to others. Drawing on a wide range of literary and philosophical sources, Terry Eagleton moves from Aristotle and Aquinas to Hobbes, Freud, and Bakhtin, looking in particular at the psychoanalytical mechanisms underlying humour and its social and political evolution over the centuries.
English
9780300243147
019369064 Uk
Wit and humor---History and criticism
Wit and humor---Political aspects
Wit and humor---Social aspects
PN6147 / .E194 2019
809.7 EAG
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