Woody Allen: An Essay on the Nature of the Comical

by Vittorio G. Hosle and Vittorio Hösle

In this extended essay, Vittorio H sle develops a theory of the comical and applies it to interpret both the recurrent personae played by Woody Allen the actor and the philosophical issues addressed by Woody Allen the director in his films.

Taking Henri Bergson's analysis of laughter as a starting point, H sle integrates aspects of other theories of laughter to construct his own more finely-articulated and expanded model. With this theory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268031045
• ISBN13: 9780268031046
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"