Laughing Matters: Comic Tradition in India

by Lee A. Siegel

"How can anyone laugh who knows of old age, disease, and death?"--Buddhacarita

This question, so solemnly posed by the young Buddha, first led Lee Siegel to examine the hitherto unexplored realm of Indian comedy. Laughing Matters is Siegel's account of two intersecting journeys: a search for comic traditions created and preserved in Sanskrit literature and a journey through modern India in quest of a laughter that persists across time...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226756912
• ISBN13: 9780226756912
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"