A History of English Laughter : : Laughter from Beowulf to Beckett and Beyond / / edited by Manfred Pfister. [Laughter from Beowulf to Beckett and Beyond].

Is there a 'history' of laughter? Or isn't laughter an anthropological constant rather and thus beyond history, a human feature that has defined humanity as homo ridens from cave man and cave woman to us? The contributors to this collection of essays believe that laughter does have a...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : BRILL,, 2002.
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index. Electronic reproduction. [Leiden] : Brill, ©2021. Available in PDF format. Description based on contents viewed 19 January 2022.
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