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Immortal Comedy : The Comic Phenomenon in Art, Literature, and Life by Agnes. Heller (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-100739109197
ISBN-139780739109199
eBay Product ID (ePID)46870686
Product Key Features
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameImmortal Comedy : the Comic Phenomenon in Art, Literature, and Life
SubjectCriticism & Theory, Folk & Outsider Art, European, Humor
Publication Year2005
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Art
AuthorAgnes. Heller
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight17.8 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-012375
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal700/.417
Table Of ContentChapter 1 The Undeterminable Essence of the Comic Chapter 2 On Laughter Chapter 3 The Comic Drama Chapter 4 The Comic Novel Chapter 5 Existential Comedy Chapter 6 The Joke or the Third Kind of Narrative Prose Chapter 7 The Comic Image in Visual Arts I Chapter 8 The Comic Image in Visual Arts II Chapter 9 An Address to the Faithful Reader
SynopsisThis book is the first attempt to think philosophically about the comic phenomenon in literature, art, and life. Working across a substantial collection of comic works author Agnes Heller makes seminal observations on the comic in the work of both classical and contemporary figures. Whether she's discussing Shakespeare, Kafka, Rabelais, or the paintings of Brueghel and Daumier Heller's Immortal Comedy makes a characteristic contribution to modern thought across the humanities., Immortal Comedy is the first book to 'think' philosophically about the comic phenomenon in general. Although author Agnes Heller had written a book that is both deeply scholarly and meditative on the subject of the comic form in film, literature, and life her writing is eminently approachable. In both its subject and style, Immortal Comedy is a seminal book. In it, Heller takes us on a journey through theories of comedy beginning with classical thought. She then detours through foundational political thinkers who refer to, for instance, laughter and power. We are also introduced to modern systematic approaches to thinking comedy, psychological approaches, and existential approaches. The discerning combination of Heller's individual taste for the pantheon of comedic work and, also, what critics may consider 'less significant' work gives this book a character apart from all others. It is the detail with which Heller makes her discussion, how and where she locates 'the comic,' and probably most significantly her discussion of comedy and our own lives that makes Immortal Comedy a principal book for the entire range of humanities scholars and enthusiasts.
LC Classification NumberBH301.C7H45 2005
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