Paperback • 2014 • English

Humour: A Very Short Introduction

Name: Humour: A Very Short Introduction
SKU: 9780199552221
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ISBN: 9780199552221

By Noel Carroll

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About the book

Humour has been discovered in every known human culture and thinkers have discussed it for over two thousand years. Humour can serve many functions; it can be used to relieve stress, to promote goodwill among strangers, to dissipate tension within a fractious group, to display intelligence, and some have even claimed that it improves health and fights sickness. In this Very Short Introduction Noel Carroll examines the leading theories of humour including The Superiority Theory and The Incongruit...Show more

Film, television, radio genres: Comedy and humour

Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction

Humour collections and anthologies

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9780199552221

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2014

Language

English

Original title

Humour: A Very Short Introduction

Format

Paperback

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