The Comedy of Entropy
Humour/Narrative/Reading
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 1990
325 pages
978-1-4875-8607-2 (ISBN)
Description
Entropic comedy is the phrase coined by Patrick O'Neill in this study to identify a particular mode of twentieth-century narrative that is not generally recognized. He describes it as the narrative expression of forms of decentred humour, or what might more loosely be called 'black humour.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
ON
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
7 b&w figures
File size
8,03 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-8607-2 (9781487586072)
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12/1990
University of Toronto Press
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O'NeillPatrick:
Patrick O'Neill is a professor emeritus in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen's University.
Patrick O'Neill is a professor emeritus in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Queen's University.
