The Planet of Grand Buffoon: Book 14
The Planet of Grand Buffoon: Book 14

Author: Matteo Cerami

Publisher: Graphic Universe ™

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 1467750336

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On this planet, where comedy usually reigns, the Grand Buffoon has sunk into a depression and has forbidden his people to laugh. The Little Prince will soon discover that the Grand Buffoon is under the control of his prime minister, who wants to seize power . . .

Buffoon Men
Buffoon Men

Author: Scott Balcerzak

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0814339662

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Fans and scholars of film history, gender studies, and broadcast studies will appreciate Balcerzak's thorough exploration of the era's fascinating gender constructs.

Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy
Laughter, Humor, and Comedy in Ancient Philosophy

Author: Pierre Destrée

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0190460547

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Ancient philosophers were very interested in questions about laughter, humor and comedy. They theorized about laughter and its causes, moralized about the appropriate uses of humor and what it is appropriate to laugh at, and wrote treaties on comedic composition. This volume explores themes that were important for ancient philosophers: the psychology of laughter, the ethical and social norms governing laughter and humor, and the philosophical uses of humor and comedic technique.

Buffoon
Buffoon

Author: Anosh Irani

Publisher: House of Anansi

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1487009844

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Three-time Governor General’s Literary Award–shortlisted author and playwright Anosh Irani’s critically acclaimed one-man show Buffoon is a masterclass of tragicomic theatre. Born to circus folk who prefer trapezing over parenting, Felix quickly learns to turn life’s misfortunes into jokes. His longing for family and home is piqued at the tender age of seven when he falls hopelessly in love with an older woman, the beguiling Aja, who is eight. In the process, a clown is born, and we watch him grow into a middle-aged buffoon. Over time, Felix stops waiting for someone else to love him; his journey becomes one of loving himself. A story of love, loss, and the fate that binds us, Buffoon is a gut-wrenching one-man show that expertly walks the tightrope between heartbreak and hilarity.

The Enigma of Good and Evil: The Moral Sentiment in Literature
The Enigma of Good and Evil: The Moral Sentiment in Literature

Author: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-08-27

Total Pages: 865

ISBN-13: 1402035764

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Striking toward peace and harmony the human being is ceasely torn apart in personal, social, national life by wars, feuds, inequities and intimate personal conflicts for which there seems to be no respite. Does the human condition in interaction with others imply a constant adversity? Or, is this conflict owing to an interior or external factor of evil governing our attitudes and conduct toward the other person? To what criteria should I refer for appreciation, judgment, direction concerning my attitudes and my actions as they bear on the well-being of others? At the roots of these questions lies human experience which ought to be appropriately clarified before entering into speculative abstractions of the ethical theories and precepts. Literature, which in its very gist, dwells upon disentangling in multiple perspective the peripeteia of our life-experience offers us a unique field of source-material for moral and ethical investigations. Literature brings preeminently to light the Moral Sentiment which pervades our life with others -- our existence tout court. Being modulated through the course of our experiences the Moral Sentiment sustains the very sense of literature and of personal human life (Tymieniecka).

The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute

Author: Tjeu van den Berk

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2022-06-13

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9004496548

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This volume demonstrates for the first time that Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte is an enactment of the alchemical opus magnum, in the form of a chemical wedding. Towards the end of the 18th century, alchemy was still a prominent mystical current within the Order of Freemasons of which Mozart and his librettists were members. The central part focuses on the opera's alchemical structure, whereas the historical and mythological backgrounds are also dealt with extensively. The book comes with 3 CD's offering a rendition of the integral opera, in contrast to the common practice of leaving out major parts of the libretto. The Magic Flute is a fascinating journey of discovery, an initiation into Initiation. With complete original libretto and over 100 pictures.