The Humour Of The Underman

Author : Francis Grierson
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ISBN 13 : 9781331015871
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (158 download)

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Download or read book The Humour of the Underman written by Francis Grierson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Humour of the Underman: And Other Essays There is a humour of the Uebermensch, or Superman, which is direct, axiomatic, and self-assertive; it springs from knowledge and intuition, as in Shakespeare and Nietzsche, often reasoned, full of a certain moral significance, ironical, sarcastic, and even cynical. It stands for the consciousness of intellectual power; it is personal. But the humour of Uncle Remus is impersonal, for it represents the underworld of the Underman, without a conscious philosophy and without applied art. In the hands of the great poets and writers humour is allied to criticism. In the stories of Uncle Remus humour is untrammelled by learning and unfettered by ordinary rules of ethics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.