Comedy and culture : England 1820-1900 /
Henkle, Roger B.,
Comedy and culture : England 1820-1900 / Roger B. Henkle. - 1 online resource (385 pages) - Princeton legacy library .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. 1820-1845: The Anxieties of Sublimation, and Middle-Class Myths -- 2. Peacock, Thackeray, and Jerrold: The Comedy of "Radical" Disaffection -- 3. Early Dickens: Metamorphosis, Psychic Disorientation, and the Small Fry -- 4. Later Dickens: Disenchantment, Transmogrification, and Ambivalence -- 5. Hood, Gilbert, Carroll, Jerrold, and the Grossmiths: Comedy from Inside -- 6. Meredith and Butler: Comedy as Lyric, High Culture, and the Bourgeois Trap -- 7. Wilde and Beerbohm: The Wit of the Avant-Garde, The Charm of Failure -- Notes -- Index.
Comedy cannot be understood as an abstract critical concept, argues Roger Henkle; it 'must be studied in specific cultural and historical contexts. From this point of view he examines the development of literary comedy in nineteenth-century England, and shows how comic modes and techniques were used to express and release the tensions of the middle class during periods of both rapid cultural change and relative stability. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
In English.
9781400857920 (electronic bk.) 1400857929 (electronic bk.) (pbk.)
10.1515/9781400857920 doi
22573/ctt139gtzg JSTOR
1800-1899
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Comic, The.
Middle class--England.
Literature and society--England.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Comique.
Littérature et société--Angleterre.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Humor.
HUMOR--General.
Comic, The.
English literature.
Literature and society.
Middle class.
England.
Electronic books.
7
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR468.C65 / H46 1980eb
827/.8/09
Comedy and culture : England 1820-1900 / Roger B. Henkle. - 1 online resource (385 pages) - Princeton legacy library .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. 1820-1845: The Anxieties of Sublimation, and Middle-Class Myths -- 2. Peacock, Thackeray, and Jerrold: The Comedy of "Radical" Disaffection -- 3. Early Dickens: Metamorphosis, Psychic Disorientation, and the Small Fry -- 4. Later Dickens: Disenchantment, Transmogrification, and Ambivalence -- 5. Hood, Gilbert, Carroll, Jerrold, and the Grossmiths: Comedy from Inside -- 6. Meredith and Butler: Comedy as Lyric, High Culture, and the Bourgeois Trap -- 7. Wilde and Beerbohm: The Wit of the Avant-Garde, The Charm of Failure -- Notes -- Index.
Comedy cannot be understood as an abstract critical concept, argues Roger Henkle; it 'must be studied in specific cultural and historical contexts. From this point of view he examines the development of literary comedy in nineteenth-century England, and shows how comic modes and techniques were used to express and release the tensions of the middle class during periods of both rapid cultural change and relative stability. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
In English.
9781400857920 (electronic bk.) 1400857929 (electronic bk.) (pbk.)
10.1515/9781400857920 doi
22573/ctt139gtzg JSTOR
1800-1899
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Comic, The.
Middle class--England.
Literature and society--England.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Comique.
Littérature et société--Angleterre.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Humor.
HUMOR--General.
Comic, The.
English literature.
Literature and society.
Middle class.
England.
Electronic books.
7
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PR468.C65 / H46 1980eb
827/.8/09