Comic Faith: The Great Tradition from Austen to Joyce (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780226673219)

"Polhemus sketches several distinctions between nineteenth- and twentieth-century novelists and concludes that what most characterizes the nineteenth century, from the perspective of the twentieth, is the tendency in its comic fiction to criticize and to undermine the dogma and institutions of religion and to put faith instead of the existence of the comic perspective. Comic Faith is a virtuoso performance of impressive stature; I suspect the book will be influential for many years to come."--John Halperin, Modern Fiction Studies

Author: Robert M. Polhemus
ISBN-10: 0226673219
ISBN-13: 9780226673219
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1982
Pages: 408
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.11w x 0.90d