Excerpt from Fun, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 of 2 Wit, or that humour which has again been so well described as Wit steeped in mannerism, but as embracing each of these, and including besides that large fringe of material which scarcely comes under either of these categories, and which is perhaps best described in a summary way as Fun. Where the laughable is its own end, says Coleridge again, and neither inference nor moral is intended, or where at least the writer would wish it so to appear, there arises what we call ...
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Excerpt from Fun, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 1 of 2 Wit, or that humour which has again been so well described as Wit steeped in mannerism, but as embracing each of these, and including besides that large fringe of material which scarcely comes under either of these categories, and which is perhaps best described in a summary way as Fun. Where the laughable is its own end, says Coleridge again, and neither inference nor moral is intended, or where at least the writer would wish it so to appear, there arises what we call drollery - what is here being called Fun. The true ludicrous, he adds, is its own end. When serious satire commences, or satire that is felt as serious, however comically dressed, free and genuine laughter ceases - it becomes sardonic. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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