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BL
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952623
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b706993
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| Main Entry
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Palmer, Jerry,1940-
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| Title & Author
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Taking humour seriously /\ Jerry Palmer.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 1994.
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1 online resource (vii, 203 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0203380150
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: 0203386329
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: 0415102669
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: 0415102677
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: 6610067902
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: 9780203380154
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: 9780203386323
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: 9780415102667
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: 9780415102674
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: 9786610067909
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0415102669
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0415102677
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-198) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; INTRODUCTION; JOKING RELATIONSHIPS; CLOWNS AND RELIGION; MEDIEVAL COMEDY: FOOLS AND FOLLY; FUNCTION AND FUNCTIONALISM; GENDER AND HUMOUR; FREUD; INCONGRUITY; INCONGRUITY AND DISCURSIVE CUES; HUMOUR AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE; COMEDY, FARCE AND NEO-CLASSICISM; MANNERS, WIT AND THE REFORM OF LANGUAGE; COMPREHENSION AND HUMOUR; PERFORMANCE AND OFFENCE; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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An examination of the role humour plays in many different types of society. Palmer surveys the different approaches to its study - from Freud to anthropology, from literary criticism to biology.
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Comedy-- History and criticism.
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Wit and humor-- History and criticism.
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Comedy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Wit and humor.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/81
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| LC Classification
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PN6147.P27 1994eb
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