Immortal Comedy

Preface xi The Undeterminable Essence of the Comic 1(15) On Laughter 16(18) The Comic Drama 34(36) The Comic Novel 70(24) Existential Comedy 94(31) The Joke or the Third Kind of Narrative Prose 125(33) The Comic Image in Visual Arts I 158(29) The Comic Image in Visual Arts II 187(12) An Address to the Faithful Reader 199(16) Bibliography 215(3) Index 218