Book Review. Quirk, Sophie (2015) Why Stand-Up Comedy Matters. How Comedians Manipulate and Influence

As the title and introduction explain, Sophie Quirk’s monograph sets out to investigate the reasons and ways comedians manipulate and influence their audience. The term manipulation, however, should be considered apart from its often negative connotations and should be interpreted as the comedian’s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Margherita Dore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2017-11-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/173