1st Edition
The Spirituality of Comedy Comic Heroism in a Tragic World
By Conrad Hyers
Copyright 1996
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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To understand comedy is to understand humanity, for the comic sense is central to what it means to be human. Nearly all the major issues with which human beings have exercised themselves are touched upon in some manner by the comic spirit. Yet education in the art of comedy and in comic appreciation is given little attention in most societies. The Spirituality of Comedy explores the wisdom of... Read more
Introduction Comic Hero With A Thousand Faces; 1: Tragic Weights and Comic Balances—The Tragic Hero; 2: The Agony And The Golden Mean—The Comic Hero; 3: Tragic Castles And Comic Cottages—The Rogue; 4: A Voice Laughing In The Wilderness—The Humorist; 5: Will the Real Adam and Eve Please Stand up?— The Comedian; 6: Jester to the Kingdoms of Earth—The Fool; 7: Putting Humpty-Dumpty Together Again— The Clown; 8: A Happy Ending of Sorts—The Underdog; 9: Wandering Within The Great Food-Chain Of Being—The Trickster; 10: Between Dreams And Dust—The Simpleton
Biography
Conrad Hyers
