Dickensian laughter : essays on Dickens and humour / Malcolm Andrews.
Dickensian laughter : essays on Dickens and humour / Malcolm Andrews.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Date
2013.
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G 2014/3610
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 195 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents
Opening a fresh vein of humour -- Staging comic anecdotes -- Comic timing -- Laughter and incongruity -- Falling apart laughing -- Laughter and laughters in Dickens -- What made Dickens laugh? -- Afterword : Dickensian laughter in a popular Dark Age.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2013.
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Summary
"How does Dickens make his readers laugh? What is the distinctive character of Dickensian humour? These are the questions explored in this book on a topic that has been strangely neglected in critical studies over the last half century. Dickens's friend and biographer John Forster declared that: 'His leading quality was Humour.' At the end of Dicke...
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Dickensian laughter : essays on Dickens and humour / Malcolm Andrews.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2014/3610
Record Identifier
74VKv0vBkga3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKv0vBkga3
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ISBN
0199651590
9780199651597
DDC
810/820
MMS ID
991021669919702626
