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Contents
The Status of Comedy | 1 |
Psychological Theories of Comedy | 7 |
The Classical World | 13 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Comedy Critical idiom |
| Author | William Moelwyn Merchant |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Methuen, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Apr 3, 2008 |
| Length | 92 pages |
| Subjects | › Comedy Comedy History and criticism Performing Arts / Comedy |
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