Laughter, Literature, Violence, 1840-1930, 1st ed. 2019
Auteur : Taylor Jonathan
1. Preface: Allegories of Laughter. I. Comedy and Hybridity. II. Laughter and Annihilation.- 2. His ‘Last Jest’: On Laughter, Edgar Allan Poe and ‘Hop-Frog’. I. Comedy and Horror. II. Laughter and Democracy. III. Laughter and Leap-Frog.- 3. ‘Unseemly Levity’: On Memoirs, Humour and Edmund Gosse. I. Humour and Genre. II. Humour and Emotion. III. Humour and Text. IV. Humour and Beyond.- 4. ‘Perfect Laughter’: On War, Wyndham Lewis and The Wild Body. I. Laughter and Dualism. II. Laughter, Dualism and Bodies. III. Laughter, Dualism, Bodies and Anarchism.- 5. Epilogue: ‘Derisive Laughter’: On Superiority, Katherine Mansfield and ‘Miss Brill’.
Examines the hybrid nature of humour and comedy in works by Edgar Allan Poe, Gosse, Wyndham Lewis, and Katherine Mansfield
Explores the complex nature between laughter and violence
Views comedy in relation to other literary modes, forms, genres, sub-genres and generic traits
Date de parution : 02-2019
Ouvrage de 258 p.
14.8x21 cm
Disponible chez l'éditeur (délai d'approvisionnement : 15 jours).
Prix indicatif 84,39 €
Ajouter au panierMots-clés :
Laughter; Violence; Edgar Allan Poe; Edmund Gosse; Wyndham Lewis; Katherine Mansfield