The Psychology of Laughter and ComedyTo find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 15
Page 216
... arises through confusion of speed with force . We have it on good authority that brevity is the soul of wit . A really effective witticism does its business in a flash . But speeding up behaviour in this way is not the same as ...
... arises through confusion of speed with force . We have it on good authority that brevity is the soul of wit . A really effective witticism does its business in a flash . But speeding up behaviour in this way is not the same as ...
Page 237
... arises the Ridiculous ; which always strikes the reader with surprise and pleasure ; and that in a higher and stronger degree when the affecta- tion arises from hypocrisy than when from vanity for to discover anyone to be the exact ...
... arises the Ridiculous ; which always strikes the reader with surprise and pleasure ; and that in a higher and stronger degree when the affecta- tion arises from hypocrisy than when from vanity for to discover anyone to be the exact ...
Page 277
... arises when the character or process of an object , which is considered to refer to an end , real or supposed , is judged to be partially or wholly incongruent or incoherent with the end in view . It is important to note that the end ...
... arises when the character or process of an object , which is considered to refer to an end , real or supposed , is judged to be partially or wholly incongruent or incoherent with the end in view . It is important to note that the end ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 11 |
THE LAUGHTER OF INFANTS | 23 |
LOVE AND LAUGHTER | 44 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adult Allin ambivalent amusing animal Aristophanes Aristotle aroused associations attention audience Bergson called cause character child comedy comic poet comic writer Critical Darwin devil Dionysus disguise displeasure edition effect emotion energy English translation Essay on Laughter excite expression fabliaux Falstaff feeling Freud harmless wit hate Havelock Ellis hostility Hudibras human humour Ibid idea impulse incongruity indecent instinct of love interruption jack-in-the-box effect James Sully joke Journal of Psychology L'île des pingouins laugh laughable Le rire less London love behaviour ludicrous meaning mind mnemic modesty Molière mood moral object obscene obstruction occasion pain Paris parody person phallus play pleasure Preyer provoke Punch QUINTILIAN quoted relation ridiculous rire satire says sexual behaviour Shakespeare situation smile spectators stimulus story suggested Sully supposed surprise Tartufe theory of laughter thing tickling ticklishness tion touch turn unconscious unconscious mind VICTOR DE LAPRADE whole witticism women words