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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: alchemy of laughter
    sub title: comedy in English fiction
  name:
    name part: Cavaliero, Glen
    name part: 1927-
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2000
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 255 pages ; 23 cm.
  table of contents: The Matter of the Work -- The nature of a monolith -- The perception of diversity -- The fun of the fair -- Engaging the monolith -- Aspects of the Comedic Process -- Parody: the verdict of Lady Locke -- Farce: the lawlessness of Alfred Polly -- Irony: the benevolence of Lucilla Marjoribanks -- Satire: the aspirations of George Robinson -- Burlesque: the appreciation of Emmeline Lucas -- Wit: the good humour of Auberon Quin -- Celebration: the self-respect of Charles Pooter -- Parodic Comedy: the Separation of Elements -- First impressions: Jane Austen -- Gentlemanly relish: Max Beerbohm -- Saving graces: the Brontes and Cold Comfort Farm -- Matter for laughter: Angus Wilson -- Ludic Comedy: the Dissolution of Elements -- Parlour games: Tristram Shandy -- These foolish things: Ronald Firbank -- Lucid ridicule: Elizabeth von Arnim -- Magnificent obsessions: William Gerhardie -- Ironic Comedy: the Conjunction of Opposites -- Basic principles: Jonathan Wild -- Beginner's luck: Mansfield Park -- Old soldiers: Barry Lyndon -- Whispering shades: Henry James -- Satirical Comedy: the Disjunction of Opposites -- Questions of perspective: Tom Jones -- The whirligigs of time: Vanity Fair -- Godliness and good behaviour: The Way of All Flesh -- Non-conforming consciences: E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence -- Subversive Comedy: the Infernal Marriage -- Egotistical sublimities: Humphrey Clinker -- Fixed principals: Martin Chuzzlewit -- Juvenile delinquents: Stalky and Saki -- Animal crackers: Gulley Jimson and Mr White.
  note: Glen Cavaliero.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-uk---
  subject:
    topic: English fiction
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Comic, The, in literature
  subject:
    topic: Humorous stories, English
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Laughter in literature
  classification: PR830.C63 C38 2000
  classification: 823.009/17
  identifier: 033377048X (Palgrave)
  identifier: 9780333770481 (Palgrave)
  identifier: 0312225512 (St. Martin's)
  identifier: 9780312225513 (St. Martin's)
  identifier: 99015265
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  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 990406
    record change date: 20151206085835.0
    record identifier: in00003423977