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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roston, Murray
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index.
ISBN:9781441132482
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9786613322036
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