دانلود کتاب The Alchemy of Laughter: Comedy in English Fiction

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Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
1 The Matter of the Work......Page 14
The nature of a monolith......Page 16
The perception of diversity......Page 19
The fun of the fair......Page 22
Engaging the monolith......Page 28
2 Aspects of the Comedic Process......Page 34
Parody: the verdict of Lady Locke......Page 35
Farce: the lawlessness of Alfred Polly......Page 248
Irony: the benevolence of Lucilla Marjoribanks......Page 41
Satire: the aspirations of George Robinson......Page 43
Burlesque: the appreciation of Emmeline Lucas......Page 46
Wit: the good humour of Auberon Quin......Page 48
Celebration: the self-respect of Charles Pooter......Page 50
3 Parodic Comedy: the Separation of Elements......Page 55
First impressions: Jane Austen......Page 56
Gentlemanly relish: Max Beerbohm......Page 61
Saving graces: the Brontes and Cold Comfort Farm......Page 67
Matter for laughter: Angus Wilson......Page 70
4 Ludic Comedy: the Dissolution of Elements......Page 74
Parlour games: Tristram Shandy......Page 75
These foolish things: Ronald Firbank......Page 83
Lucid ridicule: Elizabeth von Arnim......Page 89
Magnificent obsessions: William Gerhardie......Page 93
Beginner's luck: Mansfield Park......Page 97
Basic principles: Jonathan Wild......Page 98
Old soldiers: Barry Lyndon......Page 105
Whispering shades: Henry James......Page 108
6 Satirical Comedy: the Disjunction of Opposites......Page 116
Questions of perspective: Tom [ones......Page 117
The whirligigs of time: Vanity Fair......Page 123
Godliness and good behaviour: The Way of All Flesh......Page 126
Non-conforming consciences: E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence......Page 131
7 Subversive Comedy: the Infernal Marriage......Page 140
Egotistical sublimities: Humphrey Clinker......Page 141
Fixed principals: Martin Chuzzlewit......Page 145
Juvenile delinquents: Stalky and Saki......Page 149
Animal crackers: Gulley Jimson and Mr White......Page 155
8 Intellectual Comedy: the Distillation of Elements......Page 162
Quite the thing: Emma......Page 163
Feasts of reason: Thomas Love Peacock......Page 168
Striking attitudes: The Egoist......Page 176
Family fortunes: Ivy Compton-Burnett......Page 179
9 Celebratory Comedy: the Accomplished Work......Page 185
The complete consort: Joseph Andrews......Page 186
Innocence abroad: The Pickwick Papers......Page 192
Clerical errors: Bar Chester Towers......Page 200
A pack of cards: Evelyn Waugh......Page 203
10 Comedic Stylistics......Page 210
In the van: T.F. Powys......Page 213
Dungeons in Spain: Samuel Beckett......Page 217
A light pastry hand: Sylvia Townsend Warner......Page 221
Propitiating magnates: John Cowper Powys......Page 226
A talent for abuse: Wyndham Lewis......Page 231
A manner of speaking: Elizabeth Bowen and Henry Green......Page 236
The ineluctable modality of the oral: James Joyce......Page 242
11 Epilogue: the Alchemy of Laughter......Page 251
Notes......Page 259
Index......Page 263