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laff tracks : avoiding the food for worms fate
The essence of comedy is the triumph of “la forza di natura,” or nature over intellect, laughing matter over mind, what is livelier in the flesh over what is nobler in the mind. Who needs intangibles. And the happiest tale … Continue reading
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Tagged Boccaccio Decameron, Dante Alighieri, Dante Divine Comedy, Davide Ghirlandaio, henry goddard psychologist, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Odysseus, Paolo Conte, Robert Smirke paintings, Shakespeare Falstaff, Shakespeare Henry IV, Shakespeare Hotspur
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beginning with the happy ending
The essence of comedy is the triumph of “la forza di natura,” nature over intellect. And the happies tale of all is the odyssey that ends with…Laughter in the house… …Homer’s Iliad concludes with a funeral, the initial event in … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Aristotle, Daniel Rabel Sketches, Homer The Iliad, Homer The Odyssey, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Orestes and Aegisthus, Petronius Satyricon, Robert Smirke paintings, Shakespeare Falstaff, Shakespeare Hotspur
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