Comedy by Wylie Sypher
Bergson's essay looks at comedy within a wider field of vision, focusing on laughter and on what makes us laugh. His study examines comic characters and comic acts, comedy in literature and in children's games, comedy as high art and base entertainment, to develop a psychological and philosophers theory of the mainsprings of comedy.
Probably the two best looks at the lighter side are these essays, the first by a master of the English novel of manners, the second by a philosopher who influenced a generation of French writers, including Proust.. Contains a long index and appendix, the latter offering a wide-ranging historical inquiry into the comic. Washington Post Book World
Wylie Sypher (1905-1987) was the first Robert Frost Professor of Literature at the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. He was twice awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for research in the theory of fine arts and literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801823275 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801823277 |
| Title | Comedy |
| Author | Wylie Sypher |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1980-04-26 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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