An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)

An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)
Author: Corbyn Morris
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2020-03-16
Genre: History
ISBN:

An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humor, Rallery, Satire, and Ridicule is about the history and the highest form of wit and satire. Corbyn Morris uses the examples of John Dryden, John Locke, Joseph Addison, and more to evaluate wit. Morris discusses Congreve, John Falstaff, and Shakespeare in his introspection on humor. Excerpt: "The Sentiments of these eminent Writers upon Wit, having thus been exhibited, I come next to the Subject of Humour. This has been defined by some, in the following Manner, with great Perspicuity.-- Humor is the genuine Wit of Comedies,--which has afforded vast Satisfaction to many Connoisseurs in the Belles Lettres; especially as Wit has been supposed to be incapable of any Definition."

A Philosophy of Humour

A Philosophy of Humour
Author: Alan Roberts
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2019-04-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3030143821

Humour is a funny thing - everyone knows it but no-one knows what it is. This book addresses the question 'What is humour?' by first untangling the definitions of humour, amusement and funniness before then providing a new theory of humour which draws upon recent research in philosophy, psychology, linguistics and neuroscience. The theory is built up without assuming any prior knowledge and illustrated through humorous examples which are both entertaining and educational for anyone curious about what makes things funny. The book is then an accessible illumination of joking matters from dinner tables to online platforms to comedy clubs.