The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today by Roston Murray

The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781441195883)

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The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today by Roston Murray

The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today

$175.00
The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today by Roston Murray

The Comic Mode in English Literature: From the Middle Ages to Today

$175.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 DreamPope's The Rape of the LockAusten's EmmaDickens' The Pickwick PapersWilde's The Importance of Being EarnestAmis's Lucky Jim Covering poetry, prose and drama, this comprehensive guide will be essential reading for students of comic writing, literary history and genre.

Author: Roston Murray
ISBN-10: 1441195882
ISBN-13: 9781441195883
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 12/29/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.90d

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Choice 08/01/2012
By Roston Murray
By Roston Murray
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Murray Roston is Emeritus Professor in the Department of English at Bar Ilan University, Israel and Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. Across a 40 year publication history, he has written on a wide variety of topics from Medieval to Contemporary literature.

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