Laughing and crying.(The Power of Laughter: Comedy and Contemporary Irish Theatre)(Riot and Great Anger)(Book Review) From: Irish Literary Supplement | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2005 Irish Studies Program. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

ERIC WEITZ, Editor The Power of Laughter: Comedy and Contemporary Irish Theatre Carysfort Press; Dufour Editions, 2004, $29.95.

JOAN FITZPATRICK DEAN Riot and Great Anger The University of Wisconsin Press, 2004

MOST DISCUSSIONS OF COMEDY begin somewhat defensively, as though comedy must be defended from accusations of frivolity and inconsequence, positioned as it always is against the more "elevated" genre of tragedy. Theoreticians since Aristotle have studied the ways that comedy functions, hoping not only to be able to intellectualize it but also to understand how to be ...

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