The triumph of wit : a study of Victorian comic theory / Robert Bernard Martin
1974, 1st edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #409483
ISBN: 0198120575
Physical description; 105 pp.; 23 cm. Contents; 1. The dangers of laughter -- 2. The claims of the intellect -- 3. Wit and humour -- 4. Phrenological formulations -- 5. Sydney Smith, Leigh Hunt, and Thackeray -- 6. George Eliot, Leslie Stephen, and George Meredith. Subjects; English wit and humor History and criticism Theory, etc. Wit and humor Philosophy.
Price: €12.95
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