Comedy, Tragedy, and Religion - Hardcover

"Comedy, Tragedy, and Religion informatively explores the fascinating categories of comedy and tragedy from the perspectives of Eastern and Western religions--the latter, of course, with their own instrinsic fascinations. The lucidity of this book will appeal to the non-academic and the scholar alike.

"Morreall's project is an ambitious one, sweeping from one world religion to another and from one artistic genre to another. His considerable success testifies to his breadth of knowledge and to his focused writing. The book is a lean, cogently argued contribution to an important but over-looked topic: relations between and among comedy and tragedy, and the world religions." --Earle Coleman, Virginia Commonwealth University