Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523), Renaissance-Reformation publisher and ardent champion of German nationalism, has previously been characterized as a bitter and vehement political satirist. From this concise, critical survey of his comic writing a more balanced, congenial image of Hutten emerges.
Laughter (An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic) (Dover Books on Western Philosophy)
by Henri Bergson
Jews and humour is, for most people, a natural and felicitous collocation. In spite of, or perhaps because of, a history of crises and living on the edge, Jews have often created or resorted to humour. But what is "humour"? And what makes certain types, instances, or performances of humour "Jewish"? These are among the myriad queries addressed by the fourteen authors whose essays are collected in this volume. And, thankfully, their observations, always apt and often witty, are expressed with a l...
The Best of the World's Classics; Restricted to Prose- Volume II
by Francis W Halsey and Henry Cabot Lodge
The Best of the World's Classics; Restricted to Prose- Volume III
by Francis W Halsey
Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)
by Julie Cross
In this new book, Julie Cross examines the intricacies of textual humor in contemporary junior literature, using the tools of literary criticism and humor theory. Cross investigates the dialectical paradoxes of humor and debunks the common belief in oppositional binaries of 'simple' versus 'complex' humor. The varied combinations of so-called high and low forms of humor within junior texts for young readers, who are at such a crucial stage of their reading and social development, provide a valua...
Dad, No Matter What Life Throws At You, At Least You Don't Have Ugly Children
by Blue Sky Press
La Importancia de Llamarse Ernesto (Clasicos Seleccion)
by Oscar Wilde