Laughing matters: comic tradition in India
Siegel, Lee
Laughing matters: comic tradition in India - Chicago University of Chicago Press 1987 - xviii, 497p. hb.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo3634812.html
"“How can anyone laugh who knows of old age, disease, and death?”—Buddhacarita
This question, so solemnly posed by the young Buddha, first led Lee Siegel to examine the hitherto unexplored realm of Indian comedy. Laughing Matters is Siegel’s account of two intersecting journeys: a search for comic traditions created and preserved in Sanskrit literature and a journey through modern India in quest of a laughter that persists across time and culture."
226756912
Comic Tradition - India
Indic Humor
Human Comedy
891.4 / SIE
Laughing matters: comic tradition in India - Chicago University of Chicago Press 1987 - xviii, 497p. hb.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo3634812.html
"“How can anyone laugh who knows of old age, disease, and death?”—Buddhacarita
This question, so solemnly posed by the young Buddha, first led Lee Siegel to examine the hitherto unexplored realm of Indian comedy. Laughing Matters is Siegel’s account of two intersecting journeys: a search for comic traditions created and preserved in Sanskrit literature and a journey through modern India in quest of a laughter that persists across time and culture."
226756912
Comic Tradition - India
Indic Humor
Human Comedy
891.4 / SIE