Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic

Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic

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Publisher Description

In this great essay, Henri Bergson explores why people laugh and what laughter means. Written at the turn of the twentieth century, Laughter explores what it is in language that makes a joke funny and what it is in us that makes us laugh.

GENRE
Humor
RELEASED
1941
January 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
161
Pages
PUBLISHER
Public Domain
SELLER
Public Domain
SIZE
122.8
KB

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