Author: Bruce Shaw
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613966
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This book is an appreciation of selected authors who make extensive use of humor in English detective/crime fiction. Works using humor as an amelioration of the serious have their heyday in the Golden Age of crime writing but they belong also to a long tradition. There is an identifiable lineage of humorous writing in crime fiction that ranges from mild wit to outright farce, burlesque, even slapstick. A mix of entertainment with instruction is a tradition in English letters. English crime fiction writers of the era circa 1913 to 1940 were raised in the mainstream literary tradition but turned their skills to detective fiction. And they are the humorists of the genre. This book is not an exhaustive study but an introduction into the best produced by the most capable and enjoyable authors. What the humorists seek is to surprise the reader by overturning their expectations using a repertoire of stylistic conceits and motifs (recurring incidents, devices, references). Humor has a liberating effect but is concerned too with "comic contrast" through ugliness and caricature. In crime fiction one effect is intellectual pleasure at solving (or attempting to solve) a puzzle. Another is entertainment but with serious undertones.
Jolly Good Detecting
Author: Bruce Shaw
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613966
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This book is an appreciation of selected authors who make extensive use of humor in English detective/crime fiction. Works using humor as an amelioration of the serious have their heyday in the Golden Age of crime writing but they belong also to a long tradition. There is an identifiable lineage of humorous writing in crime fiction that ranges from mild wit to outright farce, burlesque, even slapstick. A mix of entertainment with instruction is a tradition in English letters. English crime fiction writers of the era circa 1913 to 1940 were raised in the mainstream literary tradition but turned their skills to detective fiction. And they are the humorists of the genre. This book is not an exhaustive study but an introduction into the best produced by the most capable and enjoyable authors. What the humorists seek is to surprise the reader by overturning their expectations using a repertoire of stylistic conceits and motifs (recurring incidents, devices, references). Humor has a liberating effect but is concerned too with "comic contrast" through ugliness and caricature. In crime fiction one effect is intellectual pleasure at solving (or attempting to solve) a puzzle. Another is entertainment but with serious undertones.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476613966
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This book is an appreciation of selected authors who make extensive use of humor in English detective/crime fiction. Works using humor as an amelioration of the serious have their heyday in the Golden Age of crime writing but they belong also to a long tradition. There is an identifiable lineage of humorous writing in crime fiction that ranges from mild wit to outright farce, burlesque, even slapstick. A mix of entertainment with instruction is a tradition in English letters. English crime fiction writers of the era circa 1913 to 1940 were raised in the mainstream literary tradition but turned their skills to detective fiction. And they are the humorists of the genre. This book is not an exhaustive study but an introduction into the best produced by the most capable and enjoyable authors. What the humorists seek is to surprise the reader by overturning their expectations using a repertoire of stylistic conceits and motifs (recurring incidents, devices, references). Humor has a liberating effect but is concerned too with "comic contrast" through ugliness and caricature. In crime fiction one effect is intellectual pleasure at solving (or attempting to solve) a puzzle. Another is entertainment but with serious undertones.
Jolly Good Detecting
Author: Bruce Shaw
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786478861
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This book is an appreciation of selected authors who make extensive use of humor in English detective/crime fiction. Works using humor as an amelioration of the serious have their heyday in the Golden Age of crime writing but they belong also to a long tradition. There is an identifiable lineage of humorous writing in crime fiction that ranges from mild wit to outright farce, burlesque, even slapstick. A mix of entertainment with instruction is a tradition in English letters. English crime fiction writers of the era circa 1913 to 1940 were raised in the mainstream literary tradition but turned their skills to detective fiction. And they are the humorists of the genre. This book is not an exhaustive study but an introduction into the best produced by the most capable and enjoyable authors. What the humorists seek is to surprise the reader by overturning their expectations using a repertoire of stylistic conceits and motifs (recurring incidents, devices, references). Humor has a liberating effect but is concerned too with "comic contrast" through ugliness and caricature. In crime fiction one effect is intellectual pleasure at solving (or attempting to solve) a puzzle. Another is entertainment but with serious undertones.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786478861
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
This book is an appreciation of selected authors who make extensive use of humor in English detective/crime fiction. Works using humor as an amelioration of the serious have their heyday in the Golden Age of crime writing but they belong also to a long tradition. There is an identifiable lineage of humorous writing in crime fiction that ranges from mild wit to outright farce, burlesque, even slapstick. A mix of entertainment with instruction is a tradition in English letters. English crime fiction writers of the era circa 1913 to 1940 were raised in the mainstream literary tradition but turned their skills to detective fiction. And they are the humorists of the genre. This book is not an exhaustive study but an introduction into the best produced by the most capable and enjoyable authors. What the humorists seek is to surprise the reader by overturning their expectations using a repertoire of stylistic conceits and motifs (recurring incidents, devices, references). Humor has a liberating effect but is concerned too with "comic contrast" through ugliness and caricature. In crime fiction one effect is intellectual pleasure at solving (or attempting to solve) a puzzle. Another is entertainment but with serious undertones.
Freda. A Novel
Author: Freda
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Freda, by the author of 'Mrs. Jerningham's journal'.
Author: Elizabeth Anna Hart
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Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
The Outlook
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Languages : en
Pages : 762
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Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Great Stories of Detection
Author: Randolph Cecil Bull
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Public Opinion
Author:
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Category : Press
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
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Category : Press
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror
Author: Dorothy L. Sayers
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror
Author: Dorothy Leigh Sayers
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
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Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
The Clean Heart
Author: Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson
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Category : Philosophical novels
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Philosophical humor together with a selfish man learning unselfishness are the theme of this novel.
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Category : Philosophical novels
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Philosophical humor together with a selfish man learning unselfishness are the theme of this novel.