Stop me if you've heard this
Subtitle: a history and philosophy of jokes
By: Jim Holt
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781846681097
Subjects: Wit and humor; History and criticism; Humor; Historia
Description: "Having explored humour's history in part one, Holt then delves into its philosophy. Nice jokes, naughty jokes, religious jokes, political jokes, meta-jokes, two-word jokes, jokes about musical instruments, jokes that you missed if you didn't go to a Catholic girls' school - all are fodder for the grand theories of the most brilliant minds of all time"--Cover flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128) and index.