Humor in Eighteenth-And Nineteenth-Century British Literature: A Reference Guide

by Don L.F. Nilsen and Unknown

During the 18th and 19th centuries in Britain there was a wide range of literary humor. Much of this humor was satiric, ranging from the sharp barbs of Pope and Swift to the more subtle but stinging wordplay of Addison. In the 18th century, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, and Sterne wrote humorous novels, in which they criticized society. The period was largely dominated by satire, in which the dunce was a common figure. There was a proliferation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313297053
• ISBN13: 9780313297052
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"