Title: Comic literature in France
Description: "This book offers a valuable chapter in the history of laughter, a deep survey of comic French literature focusing on genres, styles and themes. Lloyd Bishop's brilliant new work indeed shows the impressive richness of comic French literature as well as the many interesting varieties of the comic experience. Addressed to the general reader, it will also serve as a useful reference work for graduate students and advanced undergraduates."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Comic, The, in literature, French literature, History and criticism, Carnival in literature, Irony in literature