Melville and repose : the rhetoric of humor in the American Renaissance /

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Bryant's book is a strong and significant argument for the centrality of humour in Melville's novels. The purpose of Melville and Repose is dual: to ground the uses of humour in Melville in sensitive readings of contemporaneous European and American writings, and to offer a definitive acco...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bryant, John, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891 > Humor.
Melville, Herman, > 1819-1891.
1800-1899
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Humorous stories, American > History and criticism.
English language > United States > Rhetoric.
Comic, The, in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Récits humoristiques américains > Histoire et critique.
Anglais (Langue) > États-Unis > Rhétorique.
Comique dans la littérature.
Narration.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature.
English language > Rhetoric.
Humorous stories, American.
Humor (grappigheden)
United States.
English fiction
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Humor.
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Melville and Repose : the Rhetoric of Humor in the American Renaissance.
by Bryant, John
Published 1993
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