Laurel and Hardy's Comic Catastrophes : Laughter and Darkness in the Features and Short Films 9781538101544, 9781538101537

Cruelty and Laughter: Forgotten Comic Literature and the Unsentimental Eighteenth Century 0226146189, 9780226146188

Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. Si

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Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience 9783110810660

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Style and Emotion in Comic Novels and Short Stories 9781350054585, 9781350054615, 9781350054592

This book builds on cognitive stylistics, humour studies and psychological approaches to literature and film to explore

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Catastrophes and Heroes 9781629727394, 9781629739236

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The Apocalypse: Comets, Asteroids and Cyclical Catastrophes

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Tears and Laughter in an Israel Courtroom

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Art and Laughter 9780755604197, 9781845112332

This is the first book to take seriously (though not too seriously) the surprisingly neglected role of humour in art. ‘A

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Native Features: Indigenous Films from Around the World 9781628928815, 9780826428448

Native Features is the first book to look at feature films made by Indigenous people, one of the world’s newest and fast

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Love and Laughter in the Time of Chemotherapy 9781772600469

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Hosted Horror on Television: The Films and Faces of Shock Theater, Creature Features and Chiller Theater 9781476684611, 9781476643281, 1476684618

In October 1957, Screen Gems made numerous horror movies available to local television stations around the country as pa

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