All too human: laughter, humor, and comedy in nineteenth-century philosophy
Éditeur :
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN :
9783030082277
Date de publication :
8 févr. 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book offers an analysis of humor, comedy, and laughter as philosophical topics in the 19th Century. It traces the introduction of humor as a new aesthetic category inspired by Laurence Sterne’s "Tristram Shandy" and shows Sterne’s deep influence on German aesthetic theorists of this period.