000455881 000__ 02146cam\a2200337\a\4500 000455881 001__ 455881 000455881 005__ 20210513160610.0 000455881 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000455881 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000455881 008__ 130315s2011\\\\enk\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000455881 020__ $$a9781441132482$$q(electronic book) 000455881 020__ $$z9781441112316 000455881 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn767825699 000455881 035__ $$a(MiAaPQ)EBC797501 000455881 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10509915 000455881 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000455881 05014 $$aPR86$$b.R67 2011eb 000455881 1001_ $$aRoston, Murray. 000455881 24514 $$aThe comic mode in English literature$$h[electronic resource] :$$bfrom the Middle Ages to today /$$cMurray Roston. 000455881 260__ $$aLondon :$$bContinuum,$$c2011. 000455881 300__ $$a1 online resource (viii, 276 p.) 000455881 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000455881 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000455881 520__ $$aFrom 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. 000455881 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000455881 650_0 $$aEnglish literature$$xHistory and criticism. 000455881 650_0 $$aComedy$$xHistory and criticism. 000455881 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aRoston, Murray.$$tComic mode in English literature.$$dLondon ; New York : Continuum, c2011$$z9781441195883$$z9781441112316$$w(DLC) 2011410576$$w(OCoLC)751733148 000455881 8520_ $$bacq 000455881 85280 $$bebk$$hProQuest Ebook Central 000455881 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=797501$$zOnline Access 000455881 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:455881$$pGLOBAL_SET 000455881 980__ $$aEBOOK 000455881 980__ $$aBIB 000455881 982__ $$aEbook 000455881 983__ $$aOnline