Comedy and Culture : England 1820-1900 /

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Comedy cannot be understood as an abstract critical concept, argues Roger Henkle; it 'must be studied in specific cultural and historical contexts. From this point of view he examines the development of literary comedy in nineteenth-century England, and shows how comic modes and techniques were...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Henkle, Roger B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Middle class.
Literature and society.
English literature.
Comic, The.
HUMOR > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Humor.
Litterature et societe > Angleterre.
Comique.
Litterature anglaise > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Literature and society > England.
Middle class > England.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. 1820-1845: The Anxieties of Sublimation, and Middle-Class Myths
  • 2. Peacock, Thackeray, and Jerrold: The Comedy of "Radical" Disaffection
  • 3. Early Dickens: Metamorphosis, Psychic Disorientation, and the Small Fry
  • 4. Later Dickens: Disenchantment, Transmogrification, and Ambivalence
  • 5. Hood, Gilbert, Carroll, Jerrold, and the Grossmiths: Comedy from Inside
  • 6. Meredith and Butler: Comedy as Lyric, High Culture, and the Bourgeois Trap
  • 7. Wilde and Beerbohm: The Wit of the Avant-Garde, The Charm of Failure
  • Notes
  • Index.

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