Format:
VII, 203 S.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
0773414401
,
9780773414402
Series Statement:
Studies in comparative literature 69
Content:
The trumpets of Dante's Inferno / Kathleen Haley -- Uncanny laughter: reworking Freud's theory of jokes with E.T.A. Hoffmann's 'The sandman' / Naomi Beeman -- Signifying laughter: the comic style of Nietzsche's Die frohliche Wissenschaft / Adrian Switzer -- The laughter of gods and devils: Edith Wharton and the Coen Brothers on deception, disappointment, and cosmic irony / Svetlana Rukhelman -- Jorge Luis Borges: aesthetic constructs and the humanism of play / Natalya Sukhonos -- Recovering laughter: corporeal follies in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's Tres tristes tigres / Kael Ashbaugh
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-203)
,
The trumpets of Dante's Inferno
,
Uncanny laughter: reworking Freud's theory of jokes with E.T.A. Hoffmann's 'The sandman'
,
Signifying laughter: the comic style of Nietzsche's Die frohliche Wissenschaft
,
The laughter of gods and devils: Edith Wharton and the Coen Brothers on deception, disappointment, and cosmic irony
,
Jorge Luis Borges: aesthetic constructs and the humanism of play
,
Recovering laughter: corporeal follies in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's Tres tristes tigres
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Komik
;
Literatur
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Gallagher, David
Author information:
Pfister, Manfred 1943-
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