In this brilliant and original study of the world of comedy, the eminent literary critic Harry Levin illuminates the work of playwrights through the centuries, from Aristophanes and Plautus in classical times to Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht and their recent successors. He isolates two fundamental aspects of comedy: one centers on the ludicrous (irresponsible, irreverent) "playboy," whom we laugh with, and the other on the ridiculous (pretentious, forbidding) "killjoy," whom we laugh at. Levin views the comic repertory as ...
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In this brilliant and original study of the world of comedy, the eminent literary critic Harry Levin illuminates the work of playwrights through the centuries, from Aristophanes and Plautus in classical times to Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht and their recent successors. He isolates two fundamental aspects of comedy: one centers on the ludicrous (irresponsible, irreverent) "playboy," whom we laugh with, and the other on the ridiculous (pretentious, forbidding) "killjoy," whom we laugh at. Levin views the comic repertory as a richly variegated but broadly unified whole, providing a synthesis of theories heretofore regarded as conflicting.
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