Immortal comedy
Subtitle: the comic phenomenon in art, literature, and life
By: Agnes Heller.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: Comic, The.
Description: "Immortal Comedy is the first book to "think" philosophically about the comic phenomenon in general. This book is a deep meditation on the subject of the comic form in film, literature, and life. In it, Agnes 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 several approaches to thinking comedy: modern systematic approaches, psychological approaches, and existential approaches."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The undeterminable essence of the comic on laughter; title: The comic drama; title: The comic novel; title: Existential comedy; title: The joke, or, The third kind of narrative prose; title: The comic image in visual arts I; title: The comic image in visual arts II; title: An address to the faithful reader.