Loopholes Reading Comically |
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| Editor:
| Bruns, John |
| Series title: | Humor Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-5251-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $40.70 |
Book Description:
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Much writing about comedy tends to begin and end with Aristotle's claim that comedy is inferior to tragedy, trivialising comedy as cheap or as a temporary distraction from things that "really matter". Loopholes argues that the trivialisation of comedy comes from fear that it will address our anxieties with honesty-and it is this truth that scares us. John Bruns discusses comedy as a mode of thought with a cognitive function, that is more troubling than we care to acknowledge.
Much writing about comedy tends to begin and end with Aristotle's claim that comedy is inferior to tragedy, trivialising comedy as cheap or as a temporary distraction from things that "really matter". Loopholes argues that the trivialisation of comedy comes from fear that it will address our anxieties with honesty-and it is this truth that scares us. John Bruns discusses comedy as a mode of thought with a cognitive function, that is more troubling than we care to acknowledge.