Seriously Funny: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime
An investigation of the origins of comedy and the meaning of laughter, drawing on biology, anthropology, classical studies, behavioural science, philosophy and psychology - with a few authorial jokes along the way.
GenresComedyWit and humorSocial aspectsPolitical correctness
258 pages
English edition · First published 1997 by Viking · ISBN 9780670855469
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