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From the discovery of this affectation arises the ridiculous, which always strikes
the reader with surprise and pleasure.' He was putting forward the classical
theory of comedy, a view later restated by Meredith in his famous essay. Yet he
was ...
From the discovery of this affectation arises the ridiculous, which always strikes
the reader with surprise and pleasure.' He was putting forward the classical
theory of comedy, a view later restated by Meredith in his famous essay. Yet he
was ...
Page 56
Apart from the interlude describing Mrs Heartfree's return from Africa, a flaw in the
construction of the novel but fascinating as a glimpse of Fielding's idea of utopia,
the intransigent grimness of the comedy never relaxes. It is as continuous when ...
Apart from the interlude describing Mrs Heartfree's return from Africa, a flaw in the
construction of the novel but fascinating as a glimpse of Fielding's idea of utopia,
the intransigent grimness of the comedy never relaxes. It is as continuous when ...
Page 160
Heep is a good example of Dickens's savage comedy. His comic characters fall
into two groups. When he accepts them without intervention of moral scruples,
rejoices in them for their own sake, the result is pure humour: Pickwick, the
Wellers, ...
Heep is a good example of Dickens's savage comedy. His comic characters fall
into two groups. When he accepts them without intervention of moral scruples,
rejoices in them for their own sake, the result is pure humour: Pickwick, the
Wellers, ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
The Beginnings | 19 |
The Eighteenth Century | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The English Novel: A Short Critical History Volume 9 of Dutton Paperback: D Pelican books |
| Author | Walter Ernest Allen |
| Publisher | Phoenix House, 1954 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 16 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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