Doubtful fictions: the scepticism of humour in the english literary canon, 1379–1767
Auteur :
Özbas, Selena
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631901243
Date de publication :
31 juil. 2023
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
369 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This book attempts an innovative exploration of the connection between humour and scepticism in the English literary canon. Defining humour as a capability, or better put, as a dunamis, it looks into its ’energeiac‘ forms of actualisation in the English literary imagination from Chaucer to Sterne.