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All Too Human: Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy - Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life 1st ed. 2018 edition
All Too Human: Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy - Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life
This book offers an analysis of humor, comedy, and laughter as philosophical topics in the 19th Century. It traces the introduction of humor as a new aesthetic category inspired by Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy" and shows Sterne's deep influence on German aesthetic theorists of this period.
198 pages, 4 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 198 p. 4 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 7, 2018 |
| ISBN13 | 9783319913308 |
| Publishers | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 198 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 476 g |
| Language | German |
| Editor | Moland, Lydia L. |