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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Conal CondrenPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2023 ISBN: 9783031217418ISBN 10: 3031217411 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 19 March 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1 Introduction.- Part I Laughter and the Study of Humour.- 2 Laughter and the Formation of a Concept of Humour.- 3 The Universality and the Genealogy of Humour.- Part II Method and Its Limits in the Historical Study of Humour.- 4 Context and Intention.- 5 Translation and Reception.- Part III Defining Satire and Satiric Humour.- 6 Definition by Dictionary, Origin and Implications.- 7 Definition by Adjacent Terms, Genre and Satiric Definition.- Part IV Satiric Humour in Popular Culture: The Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister Television Satires.- 8 Theory and the Absent Political System.- 9 The Satiric Presence of Political Discourse.- 10 Conclusion.- Bibliography.ReviewsAuthor InformationConal Condren is an Emeritus Scientia Professor at UNSW, a member of two Cambridge Colleges and a fellow both of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and The Social Sciences in Australia. He has published widely and principally in early modern intellectual history. Among his books are The Status and Appraisal of Classic Texts (Princeton U. P. 1985); Argument and Authority in Early Modern England (Cambridge U.P. 2006); Political Vocabularies: Word Change and the Nature of Politics (Rochester U.P. 2017). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |