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They say that laughter is a purely human phenomenon, so exclusively ours that we brook no intruders except, of course, for the laughing hyena, the laughing jackass (officially known as the kookaburra bird of Australia), laughing matters, laughing gas, or the perennial laughing stock. But what is humor, that funny thing so varied in its colors and tones, so encompassing in its themes, so different from time to time and place to place? And when we poke fun, at whom are we really laughing? At W...

Romance literature. --- Black humor. --- Humor in literature. --- Comic, The, in literature. --- Black comedy --- Black humor (Literature) --- Black humor in literature --- Dark humor --- Wit and humor --- Romance literature

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Black humor --- Comedy films --- Motion pictures, Spanish --- Black comedy --- Black humor (Literature) --- Black humor in literature --- Dark humor --- Wit and humor --- Comedy videos --- Motion pictures --- Spanish motion pictures --- Foreign films --- History and criticism.

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How does Dickens make his readers laugh? What is the distinctive character of Dickensian humour? These are the questions explored in this book on a topic that has been strangely neglected in critical studies over the last half century.

Humor in literature. --- Laughter in literature. --- Dickens, Charles, --- Dickens, Charles --- Boz --- Dickens, Charles John Huffam --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Dikensi, Čʻarlz, --- Dickens, Karol, --- Dikens, Charlz, --- Ti-keng-ssu, --- Digengsi, --- Dikkens, Charlz, --- Dikensas, Čarlzas, --- Ṭikkan̲s, Cārls, --- Ṭikkan̲cu, Cārlacu, --- Ṭikkan̲s, Cārlas, --- Диккенс, Чарлз, --- דיקינס, צ׳רלס, --- דיקנס, ַ צ׳רלז --- דיקנס, טשרלס --- דיקנס, צ׳רלז, --- דיקנס, צ׳רלס --- דיקנס, צ׳רלס, --- דיקענס, טש --- דיקענס, טשארלז --- דיקענס, טשארלז, --- דיקענס, טש., --- דיקקענס, טשארלז --- טשרלס, דיקנס --- チャールズ.ディケンズ, --- 狄更斯查尔斯, --- Boz, --- Sparks, Timothy,