The Philosophy of Laughter and Smiling
George Vasey
George Vasey’s The Philosophy of Laughter and Smiling, published in London in 1875, is a classic of the anti-laughter genre. Coming at time in which humor, especially in the works of the American humorists Artemus Ward and Mark Twain, was exceedingly popular in England, Vasey’s work argued that laughter was both morally and physically dangerous. Indeed, Vasey argues that laughter is a symptom of modern civilization, one that has been commercialized by humorists who spread a dangerous behavior.
年:
1875
版本:
1
出版商:
J. Burns
語言:
english
頁數:
244
文件:
PDF, 14.76 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1875