Abstract
Promises, promises 1. The Laughing Philosopher: Diderot Riff on Laughter 2. The Question of Humourlessness (Rousseau, Sade, God, and Brisset) Riff on Dreams 3. Huysmans: Back-to-front, and Back-packing 4. A Little Bird Tells Us: Parrots in Flaubert, Queneau, Beckett (and Tutti Quanti) 5. Blague hard! Valles Riff on Black Humour 6. Upping the Anti/e: Exaggeration in Valles and Celine Riff on Politics 7. Drole de philosophie: Sartre 8. Bad Jokes and Beckett Riff on Taste 9. Approximating Man: Michel Tournier's Play with Words Inconclusion Bibliography
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