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Perspectives on values : the network of satire and humor, the tragic and the absurd, the grotesque and the monstrous, play and irony, parody and the comic mode / Gerhard Hoffmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffmann, Gerhard, 1931-2018, author.
- Series:
- American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 323.
- American studies: an monograph series, 0178-1987 ; volume 323
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English wit and humor--History and criticism.
- English wit and humor.
- American wit and humor--History and criticism.
- American wit and humor.
- English fiction--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- American fiction--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 20 unnumbered pages, 812 pages : portrait ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Delving deep into the structural and structuring intricacies of humor in British and American novels, this book presents a systematic theory that unravels humor's multifaceted nature. Humor's forms are analyzed in pioneering novels in a wide range of genres including the 18th century novel, naturalism, modernism, and postmodernist writing." -- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 757-812).
- ISBN:
- 9783825395865
- 3825395863
- OCLC:
- 1432071638
- Publisher Number:
- 9783825395865
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