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Author Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.

Title Laughter : an essay on the meaning of the comic / Henri Bergson ; translated from the French by Cloudesley Brereton and Fred Rothwell
Published København ; Los Angeles : Green Integer ; Saint Paul, MN : Distributed in the United States by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, [1999]
©1911

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Description 179 pages ; 16 cm
Series Green Integer ; 14
Green Integer (Series) ; 14
Contents The comic in general -- The comic element in forms and movements -- Expansive force of the comic -- The comic element in situtations -- And the comic element in words -- The comic in character
Summary "In this great philosophical essay, Henri Bergson explores why people laugh and what laughter means. First translated into English in 1911, this important work has long been unavailable."--BOOK JACKET. "The author of Creative Evolution and other influential works of the Twentieth Century begins with a discussion of laughter in general, focusing in the second part on laughter in situations and the comic in words, and, in the final section, on the comic in character. From Punch-and-Judy shows to Figaro, from a man falling down in the street to the great comic figures of Moliere's plays, Bergson explores the implications and full meaning of laughter, concluding ultimately that laughter is corrective: "By laughter, society avenges itself for the liberties taken with it. It would fail in its object if it bore the stamp of sympathy or kindness." Accordingly, Bergson argues, laughter serves a useful function to mankind."--Jacket
Notes Originally published as Laughter: an essay on the meaning of the comic : London, MacMillan and Co., 1911
Translation of Le rire
Subject Comedy.
Laughter.
Philosophy, French.
Author Brereton, Cloudesley, 1863-1937.
Rothwell, Fred, 1869-1934.
ISBN 1892295024
9781892295026
Other Titles Rire. English