Comic Effects: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humor in Literature - Hardcover

Lewis, Paul

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9780791400227: Comic Effects: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humor in Literature

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ISBN 10: 0791400220 ISBN 13: 9780791400227

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1989

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Lewis draws on both humor theories and research, arguing for the development of interdisciplinary methodologies in the study of literary humor. He demonstrates that the sociologist of humor and the comic playwright approach the same subject--humor in and between groups--with different tools, that writers of Bildungsromane and developmental psychologists share a common interest in the role of humor in maturation, and that the monsters that haunt the psyches of professional comedians can be useful in understanding the odd minglings of humor and fear in Gothic fiction. His treatment of writers who differ widely in their use of humor suggests that the complexity and diversity of humor make it a richly variable determinant of character, genre, and writer.

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Paul Lewis is Associate Professor of English at Boston College.

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“Comic Effects will be lauded in the academic journals as a salient contribution to the study of humor.” ― Joseph Boskin, Boston University

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