Cruelty and Laughter: Forgotten Comic Literature and the Unsentimental Eighteenth Century 0226146189, 9780226146188

Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture 9781474211376, 9780826485656

This guide to eighteenth-century literature and culture provides students with the ideal introduction to literature and

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Politics and Literature in the Eighteenth Century 0874714052, 0874714001

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Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Postcolonial Studies 9780748634569

'This book convincingly challenges both the extremely short historical memory of most postcolonial work and the all

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Laurel and Hardy's Comic Catastrophes : Laughter and Darkness in the Features and Short Films 9781538101544, 9781538101537

One of America's most beloved comic duos, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have entertained generations of viewers with

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Essays in Eighteenth-Century English Literature 9781400886357

This volume contains a selection of the major essays written over a period of three decades by a distinguished scholar o

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Sovereign Power and the Enlightenment : Eighteenth-Century Literature and the Problem of the Political 9781611486971, 9781611486964

Sovereign Power and the Enlightenment examines the role of the novelists and historians of the eighteenth century in dev

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The Entrapments of Form: Cruelty and Modern Literature 9780823269372

This book describes the narrative form of cruelty in modern literature. It focuses on the two main literary traditions t

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Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience 9783110810660

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Comic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain 9781501734250

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Narrative Concepts in the Study of Eighteenth-Century Literature 9789048527380

The essays take on aspects of eighteenth-century texts such as plot, genre, character, perspective, temporality, and mor

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