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The psychology of laughter / by Boris Sidis.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sidis, Boris, 1867-1923.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Laughter.
- Physical Description:
- x unnumbered pages 300 pages ; 21 cm
- 8vo.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : Appleton and Company, 1913.
- Summary:
- A look at the main psychological principles that underlie laughter and humor their various manifestations.
- Contents:
- Laughter
- Art, religion, and child games
- The ludicrous
- Laughter and novelty
- Ridicule and social decadence
- Deviations and the ludicrous
- Ridicule and the subconscious
- The ludicrous and reserve energy
- Freedom and laughter
- The ludicrous and the inferior
- Vanity and the principles of ridicule
- The comic in literature
- American ridicule
- Ridicule, malice, and the humane
- The mechanical and the stupid
- Holy writs and the sages
- Ignorance and the ludicrous
- Suggestion and the comic
- The ludicrous and the law of suggestion
- Wit and ridicule
- The sluggish and the ludicrous
- Riddle, dissociation, and surprise
- The groundwork of the comic
- Mimicry
- Logic and ridicule
- Nonsense and ridicule
- Humor and the infinite.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Sidis, Boris, 1867-1923. Psychology of laughter.
- OCLC:
- 1076071
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