出版社：Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
摘要：Moira Marsh, a humour scholar, folklorist and librarian, gives a detailed and expert overview of practical joking. Her book is very valuable because this area of study is not very well researched. The author also admits that the subject has had “a poor reputation” and has been called “the lowest form of humour”, primitive, aggressive and cruel (p. 2). On the other hand, she proves that the best of practical jokes “demand significant skill and talent, not only to think up but also to execute” (p. 3).
