Editing Entertainment (section)

=== Literature ===
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French poet [[Louise Labé]] (1520/1522–1566) wrote "a profound and timeless insight into reading's innate power".

''The past gives us pleasure and is of more service than the present; but the delight of what we once felt is dimly lost never to return and its memory is as distressing as the events themselves were then delectable&nbsp;... But when we happen to put our thoughts in writing, how easily, later on, does our mind race through an infinity of events, incessantly alive, so that a long time afterwards when we take up those written pages we can return to the same place and to the same disposition in which we once found ourselves.'' <br />quote from and commentary by Fischer (2003)<ref>{{cite book|last=Fischer|first=Steven Roger|title=A history of reading|year=2003|publisher=Reaktion Books|location=London|isbn=978-1-86189-160-0|page=236}}</ref>
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The young Saint [[Teresa of Ávila]] (1515–1582) read chivalrous novels and wrote about the "rapture" that books provided.

''I became accustomed to reading [novels] and that small fault made me cool my desire and will to do other tasks. I thought nothing of spending many hours a day and night in this vain exercise, hidden from my father. My rapture in this was so great, that unless I had a new book to read, it seemed to me that I could not be happy.'' <br /> quoted in Fischer (2003){{sfnp|Fischer|2003|pp=234–235}}
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[[Reading (process)|Reading]] has been a source of entertainment for a very long time, especially when other forms, such as performance entertainments, were (or are) either unavailable or too costly. Even when the primary purpose of the writing is to inform or instruct, reading is well known for its capacity to distract from everyday worries. Both stories and information have been passed on through the tradition of [[orality]] and oral traditions survive in the form of [[performance poetry]] for example. However, they have drastically declined. "Once literacy had arrived in strength, there was no return to the oral prerogative."{{sfnp|Fischer|2003|p=215}} The advent of printing, the reduction in costs of books and an increasing literacy all served to enhance the mass appeal of reading. Furthermore, as [[font]]s were standardised and texts became clearer, "reading ceased being a painful process of decipherment and became an act of pure pleasure".{{sfnp|Fischer|2003|p=212}} By the 16th century in Europe, the appeal of reading for entertainment was well established.

Among literature's many genres are some designed, in whole or in part, purely for entertainment. [[Limerick (poetry)|Limericks]], for example, use verse in a strict, predictable rhyme and rhythm to create humour and to amuse an audience of listeners or readers. Interactive books such as "[[choose your own adventure]]" can make literary entertainment more participatory.
[[File:Old man reading newspaper early in the morning at Basantapur-IMG 6800.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Old man reading newspaper at Basantapur]]

[[Comics]] and [[editorial cartoon]]s are literary genres that use drawings or graphics, usually in combination with text, to convey an entertaining narrative.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chapman|first=James|title=British comics: a cultural history|year=2011|publisher=Reaktion Books|location=London|isbn=978-1-86189-855-5}}</ref> Many contemporary comics have elements of fantasy and are produced by [[Company (law)|companies]] that are part of the entertainment industry. Others have unique authors who offer a more personal, philosophical view of the world and the problems people face. Comics about [[superheroes]] such as [[Superman]] are of the first type.<ref>{{cite book|last=Benton|first=Mike|title=Superhero comics of the Golden Age: the illustrated history|url=https://archive.org/details/superherocomicso0000bent|url-access=registration|year= 1992|publisher=Taylor Publishing|location=Dallas, TX|isbn=978-0-87833-808-5}}</ref> Examples of the second sort include the individual work over 50 years of [[Charles M. Schulz]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cartoonician.com/charles-m-schulz-on-cartooning/ |title="Charles M. Schulz on Cartooning", ''Hogan's Alley'' #1, 1994 |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603035016/http://cartoonician.com/charles-m-schulz-on-cartooning/ |archive-date=3 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who produced a popular comic called ''[[Peanuts]]''<ref>Films have been made of the ''Peanuts'' cartoons, including one [[The Peanuts Movie|released in 2015]] to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the comic strip.</ref> about the relationships among a cast of child characters;<ref>The philosophical and theological implications of Schulz's work were explored in: {{cite book|last=Short|first=Robert L.|title=The Gospel According to Peanuts|url=https://archive.org/details/gospelaccordingt0000shor_k6b8|url-access=registration|year=1965|publisher=John Knox Press|location=Westminster|isbn=978-0-664-22222-2}}</ref> and [[Michael Leunig]] who entertains by producing whimsical cartoons that also incorporate [[social criticism]]. The Japanese [[Manga]] style differs from the western approach in that it encompasses a wide range of genres and themes for a readership of all ages. [[Caricature]] uses a kind of graphic entertainment for purposes ranging from merely putting a smile on the viewer's face, to raising social awareness, to highlighting the moral characteristics of a person being caricatured.