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基本説明
From The Canterbury Tales to Bridget Jones's Diary, this is a comprehensive guide to comedy in the English literary canon.
Full Description
This is an introductory guide to comedy in English literature that systematically applies comic theory to a wide range of texts from Chaucer to "Bridget Jones' Diary". From Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" to Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones' Diary", this is a comprehensive introductory guide to comedy in the English literary canon. Beginning with a critical exploration of historical and philosophical theories of humour, the book goes on to apply those theories through close-readings of a wide range of major texts, authors and genres from the Medieval period to the present. "The Comic Mode in English Literature" examines such texts as: Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"; Pope's "The Rape of the Lock"; Austen's "Emma"; Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers"; Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"; and, Amis' "Lucky Jim". Covering poetry, prose and drama, this comprehensive guide will be essential reading for students of comic writing, literary history and genre.
Contents
1. Introduction; 2. Late Medieval; i. The Second Shepherds' Play; ii. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales; iii. Medwall, Fulgens and Lucrece; 3. The Renaissance; i. Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream; ii. Falstaff; iii. Donne, 'The Flea'; iv. Marvell, 'The Garden'; 4. The Restoration and Eighteenth Century; i. Restoration Comedy; ii. Pope, 'The Rape of the Lock'; iii. The Vogue of Sentiment; iv. Sterne, Tristram Shandy; 5. Nineteenth Century; i. Austen, Emma; ii. Dickens, The Pickwick Papers; iii. Poking Fun at the Establishment; iv. Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest; v. Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat; 6. Twentieth Century; i. George Bernard Shaw; ii. Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm; iii. Beckett, Waiting for Godot; iv. Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim; v. Malcolm Bradbury, The History Man; vi. Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones's Diary; Bibliography; Index.
