The Irish comic tradition
By: by Vivian Mercier
Edition: 1st Oxford University Press pbk.
Series: A Galaxy book
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1969
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: In literature; Comic, The, in literature; History and criticism; Littérature irlandaise; Dans la littérature; Literature; English Satire; English wit and humor; Comique; Irish wit and humor; Thèmes, motifs; Irish authors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Archaism of Gaelic comic literature; title: Fantasy in Irish humour and ribaldry; title: Macabre and grotesque humour in the Irish tradition; title: Irish wit and word play; title: Satire in early Irish; title: Satire in modern Irish; title: Swift and Irish satire in the English language; title: Joyce and the Irish tradition of parody; title: Archaism of Anglo-Irish comic literature.