The Language of Humour: * examines the importance of the social context for humour * explores the issue of gender and humour in areas such as the New Lad culture in comedy and stand-up comedy * includes comic transcripts from TV sketches such as Clive Anderson and Peter Cook
This is the book I need for my research - humour in the student drama - brief, clear, to the point. You do not get lengthy philosophical contemplations and endless quotes. I wonder if there is more from the writer or similar works on the language of humour.