Publications
Publication details [#36802]
Levin, Harry. 1988. Playboys and killjoys: An essay on the theory and practice of comedy. Oxford University Press. ix + 214 pp.
Annotation
The title essay of this book discusses in a synchronic and discursive way comedy's recurrent plots, characters and techniques, exemplifying the ludicrous-ridiculous relationship via pairs of binary oppositions. The other essays discuss play, city comedy, humor and satire.