| Description |
xiv, 346 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Comic butt and comic hero : conceptions of comedy -- Beggar man, king : Homer's Odysseus -- Jackanapes in the highest : the Aristophanic hero -- Bondservant and beast of burden : Plautine slave and Lucius the Ass -- Renegade vassal : Reynard the Fox -- Monarch of make-believe : Sir John Falstaff -- Aberrant hidalgo : Don Quixote -- Moral rake and masterful lackey : Tom Jones and Jacques the Fatalist -- Insouciant lover and insatiable stumblebums : Don Juan and Bouvard and Pecuchet -- Ulysses and Hermes in modern times : Leopold Bloom and Felix Krull -- Appendix : Ancient views of the Odyssey as tragedy and as comedy |
| Analysis |
European literatures to 1962 Comic characters |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Characters and characteristics in literature.
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Comic, The.
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Wit and humor.
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| LC no. |
77016316 |
| ISBN |
0674144317 |
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