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Sweet Madness - A Study of Humor (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Sweet Madness - A Study of Humor (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Written for all who are interested in the mechanics of humor, Sweet
Madness presents a general discussion and introduction to the roles
of paradox, metaphor, and fantasy in humor. The operation of the
implicit and the unconscious in humor; the importance of humor to
human life; and the development, from childhood on, of the sense of
humor are discussed. The background for this serious study is drawn
from such fields as psychiatry, psychology, anthropology, and
sociology. William F. Fry, in this work, presents a new theory of
the structure of humor based on the sometimes little understood
psychological processes experienced by those who use humor or are
exposed to humor. It is these relationships with other fields of
study that allows for this investigation into the anatomy of humor.
Fry, in this outstanding and erudite volume, takes a giant step in
furthering our thinking about humor in transactional terms. Humor
and a sense of humor are a vital part of human interactions, and as
such, this book has much to contribute to the study of psychology,
cultural, communications, and of coursehumor itself.
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