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What books would you recommend on the art of laughter?

>> No.5159649

what does that even mean

>> No.5159651

Anything by Rabelais.

>> No.5159655

>>5159649
Being able to perceive and laugh at humor difficult for others to grasp or discern.

>>5159651
Yes, very noice

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>>5159642
I liked this one, though it's about the science of laughter, not the art.

>> No.5159668

>>5159655
>Being able to perceive and laugh at humor difficult for others to grasp or discern.

Something about a bad comedian ? Add Céline to Rabelais, as well as good English satirists/humorist/epigrammatists such as Wilde, Saki, Ambrose Bierce, Swift. Throw in Molière, Voltaire, and why not Cervantes for good measure (inb4 not funny, some of his short stories have brilliant humor).

>> No.5159670

What do you think of the comic in the OP of this thread, Feminister? : >>5159642

>> No.5159671

You're already tremendous at making people laugh.

>> No.5159674

>>5159670
funnier than you, that's for sure.

>> No.5159679

>>5159670
Forgot to include the thread: >>5159213

>> No.5159684

>>5159674
I wasn't asking you, Anonymous.

>> No.5160590

You're dumb, Feminister.

>> No.5160601

>>5159655
pirandello wrote an essay on humor, don't know if it's translated though.
you can still read his other stuff, it's neat.

>> No.5160736

Not that one

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I read this one after listening to a radio show featuring the author.
Not the best, but I think it was worth the read.
There is also this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughter_%28Bergson_book%29
I've been meaning to read this one, but haven't gotten to it yet.
Both aren't really the "Art" of laughter, but I think they're pretty close.

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>>5161295
What an odd cover.
I thought vampire the second I saw it.

>> No.5161318

Write your own book first and I'll tell you.

>> No.5161508

>>5159642
anything that stops you from ever writing as imbecile a phrase as 'art of laughter' again

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>>5161508
What is the matter with you?
You can make an art out of just about anything.

>Pieter Bruegel and the Art of Laughter
.pdf in link
http://bookzz.org/book/1103776/267033

>> No.5162696

Start with the greeks.

>> No.5162716

>>5161508
>he didn't read ovid
top plen