Comic Relief

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Comic Relief is written by Kathleen Marie Higgins and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195126912 (ISBN 10) and 9780195126914 (ISBN 13).

This book offers a lively and unorthodox analysis of Nietzsche by examining a neglected aspect of his scholarly personality--his sense of humor. While often thought of as ponderous and melancholy, the Nietzsche of Higgins's study is a surprisingly subtle and light-hearted writer. She presents a close reading of The Gay Science to show how the numerous literary risks that Nietzsche takes reveal humor to be central to his project. Higgins argues that his use of humor is intended to dislodge readers from their usual, somber detachment and to incite imaginative thinking.