Download or read book Mirthless Laughter written by Tyrus Henry Miller and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mirthless Laughter written by Raphael Alika Herreshoff and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Explorations in the Ethnography of Speaking written by Richard Bauman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989-10-19 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic case studies surveying the use, role and function of language and speech in social life.
Download or read book Gender and Laughter written by Gaby Pailer and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2009 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay collection is dedicated to intersections between gender theories and theories of laughter, humour, and comedy. It is based on the results of a three-year research programme, entitled "Gender - Laughter - Media" (2003-2006) and includes a series of investigations on traditional and modern media in western cultures from the 18th to the 20th century. A theoretical opening part is followed by four thematic sections that explore the multiple forms of irritating stereotypical gender perceptions; aspects of (post-)colonialism and multiculturalism; the comic impact of literary and media genres in different national cultures; as well as the different comic strategies in fictional, philosophical, artistic or real life communication. The volume presents a variety of new approaches to the overlaps between gender and laughter that have only barely been considered in groundbreaking research. It forms a valuable read for scholars of literary, theatre, media, and cultural studies, at the same time reaching out to a general readership.
Download or read book What Made Freud Laugh written by Judith Kay Nelson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her characteristically engaging style, Nelson explores a topic that has fascinated and frustrated scholars for centuries. Initially drawn to the meaning of laughter through her decades of work studying crying from an attachment perspective, Nelson argues that laughter is based in the attachment system, which explains much about its confusing and apparently contradictory qualities. Laughter may represent connection or detachment. It can invite closeness, or be a barrier to it. Some laughter helps us cope with stress, other laughter may serve as a defense and represent resistance to growth and change. Nelson resolves these paradoxes and complexities by linking attachment-based laughter with the exploratory/play system in infancy, and the social/affiliative system, the conflict/appeasement, sexual/mating, and fear/wariness systems of later life. An attachment perspective also helps to explain the source of different patterns and uses of laughter, suggests how and why they may vary according to attachment style, and explain the multiple meanings of laughter in the context of the therapeutic relationship. As she discovers, attachment has much to teach us about laughter, and laughter has much to teach us about attachment. This lively book sheds light on the ways in which we connect, grow, and transform and how, through shared humor, play, and delight, we have fun doing so.
Download or read book The Stability of Laughter written by James Nikopoulos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "sad and corrupt" age, a period of "crisis" and "upheaval"—what T.S. Eliot famously summed up as "the panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history." Modernism has always been characterized by its self-conscious sense of suffering. Why, then, was it so obsessed with laughter? From Baudelaire, Nietzsche, Bergson and Freud to Pirandello, Beckett, Hughes, Barnes, and Joyce, no moment in cultural history has written about laughter this much. James Nikopoulos investigates modernity’s paradoxical relationship with mirth. Why was the gesture we conventionally associate with happiness deemed the only sensible way of responding to a world, as Max Weber wrote, that had been "disenchanted of its gods?" In answering these questions, Nikopoulos also delves into our ongoing relationship with laughter. He looks to contemporary research in emotion and evolutionary theory, as well as to the two-thousand-plus-year history of the philosophy of humor, in order to propose a novel way of understanding laughter, humor, and their complicated relationships with modern life. The Stability of Laughter explores how art unsettles the simplifications we revert to in our attempts to make sense of human history and social interaction.
Download or read book A History of English Laughter written by Manfred Pfister and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2002 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a 'history' of laughter? Or isn't laughter an anthropological constant rather and thus beyond history, a human feature that has defined humanity as homo ridens from cave man and cave woman to us? The contributors to this collection of essays believe that laughter does have a history and try to identify continuities and turning points of this history by studying a series of English texts, both canonical and non-canonical, from Anglosaxon to contemporary. As this is not another book on the history of the comic or of comedy it does not restrict itself to comic genres; some of the essays actually go out of their way to discover laughter at the margins of texts where one would not have expected it all - in Beowulf, or Paradise Lost or the Gothic Novel. Laughter at the margins of texts, which often coincides with laughter from the margins of society and its orthodoxies, is one of the special concerns of this book. This goes together with an interest in 'impure' forms of laughter - in laughter that is not the serene and intellectually or emotionally distanced response to a comic stimulus which is at the heart of many philosophical theories of the comic, but emotionally disturbed and troubled, aggressive and transgressive, satanic and sardonic laughter. We do not ask, then, what is comic, but: who laughs at and with whom where, when, why, and how?
Download or read book Siegfried Sassoon written by Jean Moorcroft Wilson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book encompasses the complete life and works of Siegfried Sassoon, from his patriotic youth that led him to the frontline, to the formation of his anti-war convictions, great literary friendships and flamboyant love affairs.
Download or read book Samuel Beckett written by Jennifer Birkett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together seminal writings on Beckett from the 1950s and 1960s with critical readings from the 1980s and 1990s, this collection is inspired by a wide variety of literary-theoretical approaches and covers the whole range of Beckett's creative work. Following an up-to-date review and analysis of Beckett criticism, fifteen extracts of Beckett criticism are introduced and set in context by editors' headnotes. The book aims to make easily accessible to students and scholars stimulating and innovative writing on the work of Samuel Beckett, representing the wide range of new perspectives opened up by contemporary critical theory: philosophical, political and psychoanalytic criticism, feminist and gender studies, semiotics, and reception theory.
Download or read book Jungles Tales of Tarzan written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a thrilling adventure into the heart of the jungle with "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a captivating collection of tales that follow the legendary hero Tarzan as he navigates the dangers and wonders of the African wilderness. Join Tarzan on a series of gripping escapades as he encounters ferocious beasts, ancient civilizations, and treacherous adversaries in a world where danger lurks around every corner. Experience the pulse-pounding excitement and exotic intrigue of "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" as Burroughs transports you to a realm of untamed wilderness and untold mysteries. From the lush jungles of Tarzan's childhood to the remote corners of the African continent, Burroughs's vivid prose and vivid imagination bring to life a world teeming with life, adventure, and danger. With its unforgettable characters, pulse-pounding action, and immersive world-building, "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" captivates readers with its timeless appeal and thrilling narrative. Burroughs's masterful storytelling and vivid descriptions plunge readers into a world of excitement and wonder, where the laws of nature reign supreme and the human spirit is put to the ultimate test. Since its publication, "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" has enchanted readers of all ages with its thrilling adventures and unforgettable characters. Burroughs's iconic hero Tarzan continues to capture the imagination of readers around the world, inspiring countless adaptations, spin-offs, and tributes in various media. As you delve into the pages of "Jungle Tales of Tarzan," you'll find yourself swept away by the excitement and wonder of Tarzan's world, where danger and discovery go hand in hand. Burroughs's vivid prose and thrilling storytelling create an immersive reading experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. In conclusion, "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" is a timeless classic that continues to captivate readers with its thrilling adventures, exotic locales, and unforgettable characters. Whether you're a longtime fan of Tarzan or new to the world of Edgar Rice Burroughs, this collection offers an exhilarating journey into the heart of the jungle that you won't soon forget. Don't miss your chance to join Tarzan on a journey of adventure, discovery, and danger. Grab your copy of "Jungle Tales of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs now and prepare to be swept away by the excitement of the wild.
Download or read book TARZAN 8 Novels in One Volume written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-10-06 with total page 2093 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tarzan ("...the Apeman") is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan first appeared in the novel Tarzan of the Apes (magazine publication 1912, book publication 1914), and then in twenty-five sequels, three authorized books by other authors, and innumerable works in other media, authorized and not. Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his creations of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
Download or read book Tarzan the Untamed written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Bibliotech Press. This book was released on 1920 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the continuing adventure of one of fiction's most dramatic heroes, Tarzan the ape-man. In this new episode, Tarzan has given up his jungle ways and is living contentedly on a farm with his beloved wife Jane, as a wealthy member of British nobility. But when he returns one day from a trip to Nairobi, he finds his farm has been laid to waste by German troops, with no one left alive. In grief and rage, he casts off the veneer of civilization to become once again the primitive ape-man, ranging the country in search of those who killers his mate to mete out to them the vengeance of the jungle. Never has master storyteller Edgar Rice Burroughs so skillfully shown the struggles within the breast of his ape-man hero, who through dozens of adventures and hair-breadth escapes, tracks down his enemies and triumphs in a crashing, action-packed climax.
Download or read book Tarzan the Untamed written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Tarzan the Untamed' is a book by American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, and was one of the twenty-four books that he wrote about the title character Tarzan. The action is set during World War I. While John Clayton, Lord Greystoke (Tarzan) is away from his plantation home in British East Africa, it is destroyed by invading German troops from Tanganyika. On his return he discovers among many burned bodies one that appears to be the corpse of his wife, Jane Porter Clayton. Another fatality is the Waziri warrior Wasimbu, left crucified by the Germans.
Download or read book Voicing the Void written by Sara R. Horowitz and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHOICE 1997 Outstanding Academic Books Through new close readings of Holocaust fiction, this book takes the field of Holocaust Studies in an important new direction. Reading a wide range of narratives representing different nationalities, styles, genders, and approaches, Horowitz demonstrates that muteness not only expresses the difficulty in saying anything meaningful about the Holocaust—it also represents something essential about the nature of the event itself. The radical negativity of the Holocaust ruptures the fabric of history and memory, emptying both narrative and life of meaning. At the heart of Holocaust fiction lies a tension between the silence that speaks the rupture, and the narrative forms that attempt to represent, to bridge it. This book argues that the central issues in Holocaust historiography and literary criticism are not simply prompted by the fictionality of imaginative literature—they are already embedded as self-critique in the fictional narratives. While the current critical discourse argues either for or against the unrepresentability of these events (and thus the appropriateness of imaginative literature), this book develops the theme of muteness as the central way in which literary texts explore and provisionally resolve these central issues. Focusing on the problem of muteness helps unfold the ambivalences and ambiguities that shape the way we read Holocaust fiction, and the way we think about the Holocaust itself.
Download or read book French Novelists of Today written by Milton H. Stansbury and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen of the most important French literati discussed from both the personal and artistic viewpoints. The list includes: Gide, Giradoux, Mauriac, MacOrlan, Larbaud, Morand, Colette, the surrealists, Concteau, Green, de Montherland, Drieu la Rochelle, Romains, and Malrauz.
Download or read book The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder written by Henry Miller and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1958 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Miller called The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder his "most singular story."
Download or read book The Case and Exceptions written by Frederick Trevor Hill and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Case and Exceptions by Frederick Trevor Hill
