Laughing at the Darkness: Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour

by Paul McDonald

Paul McDonald's book is the second in the Humanities Ebooks Contemporary American Literature Series, edited by Christopher Gair and Aliki Varvogli. Given that postmodernism has been associated with doubt, chaos, relativism and the disappearance of reality, it may appear difficult to reconcile with American optimism. Laughing at the Darkness demonstrates that this is not always the case. In examining the work of, among others, Sherman Alexie, Woody...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847601898
• ISBN13: 9781847601896
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Humanities-eBooks
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"