In praise of comedy : a study in its theory and practice /: a study in its theory and practice. (2022)
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- Title:
- In praise of comedy : a study in its theory and practice /: a study in its theory and practice. (2022)
- Main Title:
- In praise of comedy : a study in its theory and practice
- Further Information:
- Note: James Feibleman.
- Authors:
- Feibleman, James K (James Kern), 1904-1987
- Contents:
- Preface. Part I: A Survey of the History of Comedy 1. Ancient Comedy 2. Archaic Greek Comedy 3. Classical Greek Comedy 4. Roman Comedy 5. Mediaeval Comedy 6. Renaissance Comedy 7. Seventeenth-Century Comedy 8. Eighteenth-Century Comedy 9. Nineteenth-Century Comedy Part II: Some Classical Theories of Comedy 1. Realistic Theory: Plato 2. Realistic Theory: Aristotle 3. Later Greek Commentators: The Tractatus Coislinianus, Jamblichus and Proclus 4. Roman Commentators: Cicero and Quintilian 5. Comedy in Transition: Tzetzes and Vico 6. Nominalistic Theory: Hobbes 7. Gottsched and Schlegel 8. Kant, Spencer, Schopenhauer, Hazlitt 9. Meredith and the Genteel Tradition 10. Everett and Psychology Part III: Criticism of Modern Theories of Comedy 1. The Subjective-Metaphysical: Bergson 2. The Subjective-Metaphysical: Croce, Carritt 3. The Subjective-Literary: Jankélévitch, Eastman, Leacock 4. The Subjective-Literary: Menon, Seward, Gregory 5. The Psychoanalytic: Freud 6. The Physiological: Dumas, Bechterev, Crile 7. The Logical: Zuver, Graves Part IV: The Meaning of Comedy 1. Apology 2. The Aesthetic Background 3. What is Comedy? 4. The Logic of Art 5. Psychological Aspects 6. Perspective Aspects 7. Comedy and Tragedy 8. Kinds of Comedy 9. The Divine Comedy Part V: Illustrations from Modern Comedians 1. In Praise of the Comedian 2. The Comedy of Everyday Life: The Marx Brothers 3. The Comedy of Myth: James Joyce 4. The Comedy of Literature: Gertrude Stein 5. The Human Comedy: CharliePreface. Part I: A Survey of the History of Comedy 1. Ancient Comedy 2. Archaic Greek Comedy 3. Classical Greek Comedy 4. Roman Comedy 5. Mediaeval Comedy 6. Renaissance Comedy 7. Seventeenth-Century Comedy 8. Eighteenth-Century Comedy 9. Nineteenth-Century Comedy Part II: Some Classical Theories of Comedy 1. Realistic Theory: Plato 2. Realistic Theory: Aristotle 3. Later Greek Commentators: The Tractatus Coislinianus, Jamblichus and Proclus 4. Roman Commentators: Cicero and Quintilian 5. Comedy in Transition: Tzetzes and Vico 6. Nominalistic Theory: Hobbes 7. Gottsched and Schlegel 8. Kant, Spencer, Schopenhauer, Hazlitt 9. Meredith and the Genteel Tradition 10. Everett and Psychology Part III: Criticism of Modern Theories of Comedy 1. The Subjective-Metaphysical: Bergson 2. The Subjective-Metaphysical: Croce, Carritt 3. The Subjective-Literary: Jankélévitch, Eastman, Leacock 4. The Subjective-Literary: Menon, Seward, Gregory 5. The Psychoanalytic: Freud 6. The Physiological: Dumas, Bechterev, Crile 7. The Logical: Zuver, Graves Part IV: The Meaning of Comedy 1. Apology 2. The Aesthetic Background 3. What is Comedy? 4. The Logic of Art 5. Psychological Aspects 6. Perspective Aspects 7. Comedy and Tragedy 8. Kinds of Comedy 9. The Divine Comedy Part V: Illustrations from Modern Comedians 1. In Praise of the Comedian 2. The Comedy of Everyday Life: The Marx Brothers 3. The Comedy of Myth: James Joyce 4. The Comedy of Literature: Gertrude Stein 5. The Human Comedy: Charlie Chaplin 6. The Comedy of Adventure: "Prince" Romanoff 7. The Comedy of History: Sellar and Yeatman 8. The Comedy of Art: Surrealism 9. The Popular Comedy: Idols of the Marketplace 10. Conclusion. Appendix. Index. … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2022
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 809.917
Comedy -- History and criticism - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000579239
9781000579130
9781003271628 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781032222141
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