Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Series -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Preface -- Introduction: Comic Frames in the Age of Empire -- 1 Form: An Empire of Jokes in the Age of American Expansion -- 2...
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Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Series -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Preface -- Introduction: Comic Frames in the Age of Empire -- 1 Form: An Empire of Jokes in the Age of American Expansion -- 2 Theory: Deadpan and Comedy Theory -- 3 Praxis: A Comedy Revolution -- 4 Identity: Popular Performance from Peoria to Paris -- 5 The Body: From Grimaldi to Chaplin -- 6 Politics and Power: Nineteenth-Century American Humor -- 7 Laughter: The Ugly History -- 8 Ethics: Dickensian Satire and Mealtime Shame -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Copyright.
