Tourism and Humour 9781845415105

Humour 9780300244786

A compelling guide to the fundamental place of humour and comedy within Western culture—by one of its greatest exponents

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Meaning and Humour 9781107004634, 1107004632

Introduces and critiques a wide range of semantic and pragmatic theories in relation to humour. How are humorous meaning

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Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity 9780773561670

Gerald Lynch offers new insights into the work of a popular Canadian humourist in Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity.

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Humour, Seriously 9780241986813

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Translation, Humour and Literature: Translation and Humour Volume 1 9781474212021, 9781441158239

Translation studies and humour studies are disciplines that have been long-established but seldom looked at in conjuncti

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Lo humour 9788815286611, 9788815355225

«Un'esplorazione a 360 gradi, che non risparmia le questioni scomode: ad esempio, quella legata allo humour "i

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Aristophanic Humour: Theory and Practice 1350101524, 9781350101524

This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristop

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Hitchcock: Suspense, Humour and Tone 9781838710101, 9780851707792

Susan Smith's treatment of the works of the most subtle of all film-makers analyses the key elements of suspense, h

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Aristophanic Humour: Theory and Practice 1350101524, 9781350101524

This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy – what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristop

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History and Humour: British and American Perspectives [1. Aufl.] 9783839425930

One tends to associate history with serious modes of presentation rather than with humorous ones. Yet Clio also smiles a

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