Book Specs
Binding
Perfect
Publisher
Lexington Books
Published on
Oct 10, 2005
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
6.56x0.76x8.98 Inches
Weight
0.78 Pounds
About the Book
This book is the first attempt to think philosophically about the comic phenomenon in literature, art, and life. Working across a substantial collection of comic works author Agnes Heller makes seminal observations on the comic in the work of both classical and contemporary figures. Whether she's discussing Shakespeare, Kafka, Rabelais, or the paintings of Brueghel and Daumier Heller's Immortal Comedy makes a characteristic contribution to modern thought across the humanities.