@article{455881,
      author = {Roston, Murray.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/455881},
      title = {The comic mode in English literature from the Middle Ages  to today / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Continuum,},
      abstract = {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 Dream, Pope's The Rape of the Lock,  Austen's Emma Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, Wilde's The  Importance of Being Earnest, Amis's Lucky Jim. Covering  poetry, prose and drama, this comprehensive guide will be  essential reading for students of comic writing, literary  history and genre.},
      recid = {455881},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 276 p.)},
      address = {London :},
      year = {2011},
}