The Alchemy of Laughter; Comedy in English Fiction
by Cavaliero, GlenFormat: Trade Book
Pub. Date: 2000-01-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
This is the only contemporary critical study to discuss the nature of comedy with exclusive reference to novels. It examines the comic styles of novelists from Fielding and Jane Austen to Waugh and Angus Wilson, as well as less familiar writers such as Ronald Firbank and Sylvia Townsend Warner. Distinguishing between different kinds of humor, it shows how comedy works in practice under changing literary, social, and environmental conditions, and is designed to interest academic and general readers equally.
Author Biography
Glen Cavaliero is Fellow Commoner of St. Catherine's College and a member of the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge.
Table of Contents
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| Epilogue: the Alchemy of Laughter | 238 | (8) | |||
| Notes | 246 | (4) | |||
| Index | 250 |
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