from
A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and
Philology
http://bit.ly/abibliog
by José
Ángel García Landa
(University of Zaragoza, Spain)
Humour,
Laughter, the Comic
Early works
Miscellaneous
Early works
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Baudelaire,
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_____.
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plastiques." In Baudelaire, Curiosités
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_____.
"Of the Essence of Laughter, and generally of the Comic in the Plastic
Arts." In Baudelaire, Selected
Writings on Art and Literature. London: Penguin, 1992. 140-61.
_____. "De la caricature et
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Browne,
Thomas (Sir). "Of divers other Relations." Pseudodoxia Epidemica 7.16. In The
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Chekhov, Anton. (Antón P. Chéjov). "Propagandas
y anuncios cómicos." 1882. In Chéjov, Cuentos
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Feijoo, Benito Jerónimo. "Por qué
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Crítica, 1998. 147-51.*
Meredith,
George. On the Idea of Comedy and the
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Schopenhauer, Arthur. II.1.2.4.
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104-15.*
Shaftesbury
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_____. "Sensus Communis. Ensayo
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Vico,
Giambattista. "A Factual Digression on Human Genius, Sharp, Witty Remarks,
and Laughter." From Vici Vindiciae.
Forum Italicum 2.4 (1968).
Miscellaneous
Alici,
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Álvarez Benito, Gloria and Luis Fernando
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Apte,
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Attardo, Salvatore. "Humour Studies and
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Barreca,
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_____, ed. Last Laughs: Perspectives on Women and
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_____. Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the
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_____. Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the
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_____.
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_____. La risa. Trans. Amalia Aydée Raggio. Madrid: SARPE, 1984.*
Bilger, Audrey.
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Feyaerts,
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See also
Comedy; Jokes; Humour and satirical writing.
