Title: The alchemy of laughter
First published: 2000
Description: "Drawing on a wide variety of texts in order to observe the comedic process in action, Glen Cavaliero examines the ways in which irony, satire, celebration, parody, farce and other categories of comedy function withing the confines of a novel."--Jacket.
Subjects: Comic, The, in literature, English Humorous stories, English fiction, History and criticism, Humorous stories, English, Laughter in literature, English fiction -- History and criticism., Comic, The, in literature., Humorous stories, English -- History and criticism., Laughter in literature., English fiction, history and criticism, Humorous stories, history and criticism
LC classification: PR830.C63 C38 2000