The Modern Satiric Grotesque and Its Traditions

by John R. Clark

Book Overview

Thomas Mann predicted that no manner or mode in literature would be so typical or so pervasive in the twentieth century as the grotesque. Assuredly he was correct. The subjects and methods of our comic literature (and much of our other literature) are regularly disturbing and often repulsive-no laughing matter. In this ambitious study, John R. Clark seeks to elucidate the major tactics and topics deployed in modern literary dark humor. In Part I he explores the satiric strategies of authors of

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081315619X
• ISBN13: 9780813156194
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher