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Knock, Knock: In Pursuit of a Grand Unified Theory of Humour
Paperback
HumorGeneral European HistoryGeneral World History
Publisher Price: $16.95
ISBN13: 9781786787323
Publisher: Watkins Pub Ltd
Published: May 9 2023
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.28 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
The first mainstream history of humour. Hilarious and well-researched, this book from household name William Hartston, a presenter, author and journalist, makes a perfect gift.
Of all human qualities, humor is perhaps the most puzzling. In this very first history of humor, author and humorist William Hartston looks at every aspect of the evolution of humor and our attitudes towards it with a view to developing a proper Theory Of Everything Humorous.
From comedy in ancient Greece and jokes in ancient Rome, to laughter in the Bible and the secret of comic delivery; from how humor changed following the American civil war, to how Mark Twain changed written comedy in the English-speaking world, William leaves no stone unturned in his quest to understand what makes us chuckle. Besides being academically well-founded, A History of Humour will, unlike almost everything else written on the subject, be both seriously humorous and humorously serious.
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