David E E Sloane

Routledge Revivals

Mark Twain as a Literary Comedian (1979)

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Produktbeschreibung

Mark Twain as a Literary Comedian looks at how Mark Twain addressed social issues through humour.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780815395638
• ISBN-10: 0815395639
• Artikelnr.: 60008986

Autorenporträt

David E. E. Sloane

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 1. Backgrounds 2. Literary Comedy 3. Artemus Ward as a
Pioneer Funnyman 4. The Social Ethics of a Comedian 5. Mark Twain the
Development of a Literary Comedian 6. Toward the Novel 7. Humour and Social
Criticism, The Gilded Age and The Prince and the Pauper 8. Adventures of
Hucklebury Finn, the Literary Comedian Within the Novel 9. A Connecticut
Yankee, a Culmination of American Literary Comedy 10. The American Claimant
and Pudd'nhead Wilson 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index