Stop me if you've heard this: a history and philosophy of jokes
Auteur :
Holt, Jim
Éditeur :
Holt, Jim
ISBN :
9781846681097
Date de publication :
23 oct. 2008
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Most of the jokes we trade are actually hundreds of years old: Palamedes, a Greek hero of the Trojan War, is credited with inventing the joke and it was Philip the Great of Macedon in the 4th century BC who paid to have the first joke book compiled. Why do we laugh at these jokes? This title explores the various theories.