The Immortal Comedy: The Comic Phenomenon in Art, Literature, and Life Robert Wright the role of fate and

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The Immortal Comedy: The Comic Phenomenon in Art, Literature, and Life Robert Wright the role of fate andImmortal Comedy is the first book to "think" philosophically about the comic phenomenon in general. Although author Agnes Heller had written a book that is both deeply scholarly and meditative on the subject of the comic form in film, literature, and life, her writing is eminently approachable. In both its subject and style, Immortal Comedy is a seminal book. In it, Heller takes us on a journey through theories of comedy beginning with classical