Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson

Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic

Henri Bergson with Fred Rothwell (Translator), Cloudesley Brereton (Translator)

104 pages first pub 1900 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology funny reflective slow-paced
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What does laughter mean? What is the basal element in the laughable? What common ground can we find between the grimace of a merry-andrew, a play upon words, an equivocal situation in a burlesque and a scene of high comedy? What method of distilla...

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