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On the Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit

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  • In comedy: Bergson’s and Meredith’s theories

    The essay “On the Idea of Comedy and the Uses of the Comic Spirit” (1877), by Bergson’s English contemporary George Meredith, is a celebration of the civilizing power of the comic spirit. The mind, he affirms, directs the laughter of comedy, and civilization is founded in common…

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