An Essay on Laughter: Its Forms, Its Causes, Its Development and Its Value
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AN ESSAY ON LAUGHTER ITS FORMS, ITS CAUSES, ITS DEVELOPMENT AND ITS VALUE
BY JAMES SULLY, M.A., LL.D. AUTHOR OF “THE HUMAN MIND,” “STUDIES OF CHILDHOOD,” ETC.
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MY CHILDREN AND MY PUPILS
James Sully
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER II. THE SMILE AND THE LAUGH.
CHAPTER III. OCCASIONS AND CAUSES OF LAUGHTER.
CHAPTER IV. VARIETIES OF THE LAUGHABLE.
CHAPTER V. THEORIES OF THE LUDICROUS.
CHAPTER VI. THE ORIGIN OF LAUGHTER.
CHAPTER VIII. THE LAUGHTER OF SAVAGES.
CHAPTER IX. LAUGHTER IN SOCIAL EVOLUTION.
CHAPTER X. LAUGHTER OF THE INDIVIDUAL: HUMOUR.
CHAPTER XI. THE LAUGHABLE IN ART: COMEDY.
CHAPTER XII. ULTIMATE VALUE AND LIMITATIONS OF LAUGHTER.
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