Discovering the Comic

Arguing that the comic is a quality of literary works of art in other forms as well as comedy, George McFadden finds its essence in the maintenance of some literary feature--a situation, a character--as itself despite threats to alter it.

Originally published in 1982.

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George McFadden

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Arguing that the comic is a quality of literary works of art in other forms as well as comedy, George McFadden finds its essence in the maintenance of some literary feature--a situation, a character--as itself despite threats to alter it. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to agai

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: G. McFadden, George Mcfadden, McFadden George
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691614663
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61466-3
• Pages: 280
• Thèmes: Princeton Legacy Library; Princeton Legacy Library
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor, Humour, Cartoons & comic strips, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers