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Knock, Knock: In Pursuit of a Grand Unified Theory of Humour

By William Hartston

Book information

Publisher
Watkins Publishing
Year
2023
ISBN
1786787326, 9781786787323
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3550909 bytes)
Pages
224\0
Time added
2023-05-19 22:14:56

Description

The first mainstream history of humour. Hilarious and well-researched, this book from household name William Hartston, a presenter, author and journalist, makes a perfect gift. Of all human qualities, humour is perhaps the most puzzling. In this very first history of humour, author and humourist William Hartston looks at every aspect of the evolution of humour and our attitudes towards it with a view to developing a proper Theory Of Everything Humorous. From comedy in ancient Greece and jokes in ancient Rome, to laughter in the Bible and the secret of comic delivery; from how humour changed following the American civil war, to how Mark Twain changed written comedy in the English-speaking world, William leaves no stone unturned in his quest to understand what makes us chuckle. Besides being academically well-founded, A History of Humour will, unlike almost everything else written on the subject, be both seriously humorous and humorously serious.

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