The alchemy of laughter : comedy in English fiction /
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New York :
Palgrave,
[2000]
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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.