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

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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. Review Featured in the Times Higher Education Literature textbook round-up. About the Author 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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Brand: Bloomsbury
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1441195882
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 20 October 2011
Listed Since: 07 March 2011

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