Title Laughing, a psychology of humor / Norman N. Holland

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1982

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MELB	152.4 HOL-L		AVAILABLE

Description 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Why do we laugh? The comic -- Stimuli -- Conditions -- Psychology -- Physiology -- Catharsis -- How can we ask? Theorists theorizing -- Laughers laughing -- Identity -- Why Ellen laughed -- Why the rest of us laugh Analysis Laughter Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 209-223 Notes Also issued online Subject Laughter. Wit and humor -- Psychological aspects. Laughter. Genre/Form Wit and Humor. LC no. 82007458 ISBN 0801414490

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