In the Event of Laughter
| Author | : Alfie Bown |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2018 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1501342657 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781501342653 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (653 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis In the Event of Laughter by : Alfie Bown
Download or read book In the Event of Laughter written by Alfie Bown and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Making this visible via psychoanalytic ideas of retroactivity, Alfie Bown explores how laughter - far from being a mere response to a stimulus - changes the relationship between the present, the past and the future. Bown then investigates this hypothesis in relation to a range of comic texts from the 'history of laughter, ' discussing Chaucer, Shakespeare, Kafka and Chaplin, as well as lesser-known but vital figures from the comic genre."--
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