03174nam 2200697 a 450 991081447980332120240416195138.01-282-86350-997866128635090-7735-7285-610.1515/9780773572850(CKB)1000000000522777(OCoLC)244766200(CaPaEBR)ebrary10175987(SSID)ssj0000282900(PQKBManifestationID)11232358(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282900(PQKBWorkID)10323817(PQKB)10898073(CaPaEBR)407622(CaBNvSL)slc00204680(Au-PeEL)EBL3331628(CaPaEBR)ebr10178277(CaONFJC)MIL286350(OCoLC)923230787(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/kmjc3h(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/4/407622(MiAaPQ)EBC3331628(DE-B1597)657785(DE-B1597)9780773572850(MiAaPQ)EBC3248667(EXLCZ)99100000000052277720060612d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe pleasure of fools essays in the ethics of laughter /Jure Gantar1st ed.Montreal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Pressc20051 online resource (204 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2892-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-184) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Critical Prejudice -- Alternatives to Laughter -- Typologies of Laughter -- Nonsense -- Ridicule -- Laughter in Utopia -- Self-Deprecating Laughter -- The Comedian -- Laughter and Insult -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThe crucial question is not whether or not there is offensive laughter but whether or not all laughter offends. Almost everyone has felt the bitter stab of malicious laughter and knows that laughter can be cruel, but it is more difficult to decide if there is also laughter that can never insult. Through a reading of Aristophanes, Rabelais, Molière, Fielding, and Rostand, Victorian nonsense poetry, and the philosophical texts of Plato, Dante, and More, Gantar explores the reasons for critics' prejudice against comedy, the specific position of laughter in various utopian societies, and self-deprecating laughter and the role of the comedian as its primary producer. His conclusions contradict basic postmodern thought and contribute to current debates on the epistemological nature of criticism.Laughter in literatureLaughterMoral and ethical aspectsLaughter in literature.LaughterMoral and ethical aspects.809/.93353179Gantar Jure1964-1665808MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814479803321The pleasure of fools4024657UNINA