Humor In Eighteenth And Nineteenth Century British Literature
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| Author | : Don Lee Fred Nilsen |
| Publisher | : Greenwood |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1998-05-30 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0313297053 |
During the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain there was a wide range of literary humor. Much of this humor was satiric, ranging from the sharp barbs of Pope and Swift to the more subtle but stinging wordplay of Addison. In the 18th century, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne wrote humorous novels, in which they criticized society. The period was largely dominated by satire, in which the dunce was a common figure. There was a proliferation of satires in prose and verse, along with satiric operas, pamphlets, and other writings. During the 19th century, writers such as Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, and Carlyle continued to use humor to comment on the issues of their day, though their writings were often far more gentle than those of their predecessors. This reference book is a comprehensive guide to how British writers of the 18th and 19th centuries used humor in their works. An introductory chapter overviews humor in British literature of the era. The sections that follow then treat humor in British literature of the 18th century and of the early, middle, and later 19th century. Each of these sections includes a short introduction, followed by chronologically arranged profiles of various authors. Each profile discusses how the author used humor and includes extensive bibliographic information. A thorough index allows the reader to access information alphabetically, while the chronological arrangement of the profiles shows how humor in British literature evolved over time.
| Author | : Don Lee Fred Nilsen |
| Publisher | : Greenwood |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 1998-05-30 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : |
During the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain there was a wide range of literary humor. Much of this humor was satiric, ranging from the sharp barbs of Pope and Swift to the more subtle but stinging wordplay of Addison. In the 18th century, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne wrote humorous novels, in which they criticized society. The period was largely dominated by satire, in which the dunce was a common figure. There was a proliferation of satires in prose and verse, along with satiric operas, pamphlets, and other writings. During the 19th century, writers such as Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot, and Carlyle continued to use humor to comment on the issues of their day, though their writings were often far more gentle than those of their predecessors. This reference book is a comprehensive guide to how British writers of the 18th and 19th centuries used humor in their works. An introductory chapter overviews humor in British literature of the era. The sections that follow then treat humor in British literature of the 18th century and of the early, middle, and later 19th century. Each of these sections includes a short introduction, followed by chronologically arranged profiles of various authors. Each profile discusses how the author used humor and includes extensive bibliographic information. A thorough index allows the reader to access information alphabetically, while the chronological arrangement of the profiles shows how humor in British literature evolved over time.
| Author | : Don Lee Fred Nilsen |
| Publisher | : Greenwood |
| Total Pages | : 584 |
| Release | : 2000-03-30 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : |
Analyzes humor in literary works by British authors of the 20th century and provides extensive bibliographical information.
| Author | : Victor Raskin |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 679 |
| Release | : 2008-11-06 |
| Genre | : Humor |
| ISBN | : 3110198495 |
The book is intended to provide a definitive view of the field of humor research for both beginning and established scholars in a variety of fields who are developing an interest in humor and need to familiarize themselves with the available body of knowledge. Each chapter of the book is devoted to an important aspect of humor research or to a disciplinary approach to the field, and each is written by the leading expert or emerging scholar in that area. There are two primary motivations for the book. The positive one is to collect and summarize the impressive body of knowledge accumulated in humor research in and around Humor: The International Journal of Humor Research. The negative motivation is to prevent the embarrassment to and from the "first-timers," often established experts in their own field, who venture into humor research without any notion that there already exists a body of knowledge they need to acquire before publishing anything on the subject-unless they are in the business of reinventing the wheel and have serious doubts about its being round! The organization of the book reflects the main groups of scholars participating in the increasingly popular and high-powered humor research movement throughout the world, an 800 to 1,000-strong contingent, and growing. The chapters are organized along the same lines: History, Research Issues, Main Directions, Current Situation, Possible Future, Bibliography-and use the authors' definitive credentials not to promote an individual view, but rather to give the reader a good comprehensive and condensed view of the area.
| Author | : William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 318 |
| Release | : 2009-05 |
| Genre | : Cooking |
| ISBN | : 1444632132 |
PREFACE: An attempt has been made to adapt this edition of the "Humorists" to the use of either college or preparatory school. To that end the notes are rather full in number but brief in the space given to each note. The essays are exceptionally rich in allusions, very happy and suggestive allusions, and the purpose of the notes is to increase rather than satisfy the student's curiosity regarding them. Essays Include; Swift. Congreve and Addison, Steele, Prior, Gay and Pope, Hogarth. Smollett and Fielding, Sterne and Goldsmith.....Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
| Author | : Alleen Pace Nilsen |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 403 |
| Release | : 2018-11 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1108416543 |
Explores how humor can be explained across the various sub-disciplines of linguistics, in order to aid communication.
| Author | : William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 510 |
| Release | : 1896 |
| Genre | : English literature |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : David L. Hirst |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 138 |
| Release | : 2017-07-20 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1351629905 |
First published in 1979, this book traces comedy of manners from the 1660s to the then present — a scope beyond the traditional focus on the Restoration and early twentieth century. It uncovers an underestimated subversive potential and socially critical force in this particularly English dramatic form, emphasising the distinctive subjects and style that distinguish it from more general forms of witty social satire. The author discusses the major comic dramatists of the post-Restoration period; reassesses the significance of Sheridan, Wilde and Coward; and examines the continuation of the tradition in modern writers. This book will be of interest to students of English literature and drama.
| Author | : William Makepeace Thackeray |
| Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780472116126 |
Engaging lectures on Swift, Pope, Fielding and others by this classic British author
| Author | : James Vigus |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2017-12-02 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1351192531 |
"One of many writers inspired by Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, the German novelist Jean Paul Richter coined the term 'Shandean humour' in his work of aesthetic theory. The essays in this volume investigate how Sterne's humour functions, the reasons for its enduring appeal, and what role it played in identity-construction and in the representation of melancholy. In tracing its hitherto under-recognised impact both on literary writers, such as Jean Paul and Herman Melville, and on philosophers, including Hegel and Marx, the collection reveals that Shandean humour is a Grenzganger - a point of commerce not only between Anglophone and German discourses, but also between literature and philosophy. Klaus Vieweg is Professor of Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena; James Vigus is postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of English and American Studies, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Kathleen M. Wheeler is Reader in English Literature at the University of Cambridge."
