PART ONE THE THEME

The English Reflex

Funniness by Theory

The Irrelevance of Laughter

The Great Originator

Humour in Three Dimensions - Shakespeare

S.B. and G.B.S. (Samuel Butler and George Bernard Shaw)

Decline

Reaction

PART ONE THE THEME

Personal Choice, then

1. The Raw Material Unconscious Humour - Taking it Seriously - The Perfection of Period - Character on the Sleeve -

2. Humour of Release - From Bonds of Words and Syntax - From Bonds of Gravity and Formula

3. Humour in Criticism. Criticism Direct. Criticism by Parody.

4. The Humour of Satire

5. The Humour of Situation

6. The Humour of Observation

7. Self-Portrait.

8. The Age of Humour

9. Tragic Humour

10. The End.

primarily a primer of humorous texts but the sub-divisions and classifications are interesting.