Melville and the Comic SpiritUsing elements of traditional Celtic lore, relates how Kate helps her stepsister Meghan to break the spell that has given her the head of a sheep. |
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... humor is not all cakes and ale ; the Hawthorne who lacked " plump sphericity " could be praised for that very lack : - - What a wild moonlight of contemplative humor bathes that Old Manse ! ... No rollicking rudeness , no gross fun fed ...
... humor is not all cakes and ale ; the Hawthorne who lacked " plump sphericity " could be praised for that very lack : - - What a wild moonlight of contemplative humor bathes that Old Manse ! ... No rollicking rudeness , no gross fun fed ...
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... Humor- ist ' in 1890 , " American Notes and Queries , 8:68 ( August 1948 ) . 27 . 4. Raymond Weaver , Herman Melville : Mariner and Mystic ( 1921 ) , p . 5. Max Eastman , The Sense of Humor ( 1921 ) , p . 21 . 6. L. J. Potts , Comedy ...
... Humor- ist ' in 1890 , " American Notes and Queries , 8:68 ( August 1948 ) . 27 . 4. Raymond Weaver , Herman Melville : Mariner and Mystic ( 1921 ) , p . 5. Max Eastman , The Sense of Humor ( 1921 ) , p . 21 . 6. L. J. Potts , Comedy ...
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... humor Fuller , Margaret , 163 Gastronomic humor . See Food and eating " ' Gees , The , " 179–180 , 200 Gide , André , The Counterfeiters , 196 Gobbo , Launcelot ( The Merchant of Venice ) , 81 , 131 Goethe , Wolfgang , 38. See also ...
... humor Fuller , Margaret , 163 Gastronomic humor . See Food and eating " ' Gees , The , " 179–180 , 200 Gide , André , The Counterfeiters , 196 Gobbo , Launcelot ( The Merchant of Venice ) , 81 , 131 Goethe , Wolfgang , 38. See also ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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