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In praise of comedy, a study in its theory and practice.
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In praise of comedy, a study in its theory and practice.

Author: James Kern Feibleman
Publisher: New York, Russell & Russell, 1962.
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Feibleman, James Kern, 1904-
In praise of comedy.
New York, Russell & Russell, 1962
(OCoLC)572510294
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Kern Feibleman
ISBN: 0818011521 9780818011528
OCLC Number: 1079627
Description: 284 p. 21 cm.
Contents: 1. A survey of the history of comedy: Ancient comedy --
Archaic Greek comedy --
Classic Greek comedy --
Roman comedy --
Mediœval comedy --
Renaissance comedy --
Seventeenth-century comedy --
Eighteenth-century comedy --
Nineteenth-century comedy --
2. Some classical theories of comedy: Realistic theory: Plato --
Realistic theory: Aristotle --
Later Greek commentators: the Tractatus Coislinianus, Jamblichus and Proclus --
Roman commentators: Cicero and Quintilian --
Comedy in transition: Tzetzes and Vico --
Nominalistic theory: Hobbes --
Gottsched and Schlegel --
Kant, Spencer, Schopenhauer, Hazlitt --
Meredith and the genteel tradition --
Everett and psychology --
3. Criticism of modern theories of comedy: The subjective-metaphysical: Bergson --
The subjective-metaphysical: Croce, Carritt --
The subjective-literary: Jankélévitch, Eastman, Leacock --
The subjective-literary: Menon, Seward, Gregory --
The psychoanalytic: Freud --
The physiological: Dumas, Bechterev, Crile --
The logical: Zuver, Graves --
4. The meaning of comedy: Apology --
The aesthetic background --
What is comedy? --
The logic of art --
Psychological aspects --
Perspective aspects --
Comedy and tragedy --
Kinds of comedy --
The divine comedy --
5. Illustrations from modern comedians: In praise of the comedian --
The comedy of everyday life: the Marx Brothers --
The comedy of myth: James Joyce --
The comedy of literature: Gertrude Stein --
The human comedy: Charlie Chaplin --
The comedy of adventure: "Prince" Romanoff --
The comedy of history: Sellar and Yeatman --
The comedy of art: surrealism --
The popular comedy: idols of the marketplace --
Conclusion.

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