The comic mode in English literature : from the Middle Ages to today /
From Chaucer''s The Canterbury Tales to Helen Fielding''s Bridget Jones''s Diary, this is a comprehensive guide to comedy in the English literary canon. Beginning with a critical exploration of historical and philosophical theories of humour, the book then supplies clos...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Continuum International Publishing Group,
2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | From Chaucer''s The Canterbury Tales to Helen Fielding''s Bridget Jones''s Diary, this is a comprehensive guide to comedy in the English literary canon. Beginning with a critical exploration of historical and philosophical theories of humour, the book then supplies close-readings of a wide range of major texts, authors and genres from the Medieval period to the present. The Comic Mode in English Literature examines such texts as: ""Shakespeare''s A Midsummer Night''s Dream"" Pope''s The Rape of the Lock Austen''s Emma ""Dickens"" The Pickwick Papers Wilde''s The Importance of Being Earnest Ami |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781441132482 1441132481 9781441195883 1441195882 1441112316 9781441112316 9781441109903 1441109900 9786613322036 6613322032 |