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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... native play - spirit of the individual and his folk tradition Next in the scale of artistic com- plexity is the imaginative - critical type of comedy , more literary in its origins , more sophisticated in its tone , more ulterior in its ...
... native play - spirit of the individual and his folk tradition Next in the scale of artistic com- plexity is the imaginative - critical type of comedy , more literary in its origins , more sophisticated in its tone , more ulterior in its ...
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... native diver and patching the hole with cocoanut shell . The end of the joke is the old one ( the operation was successful but the patient died ) , but the episode was useful in providing a trial sketch for the more important operation ...
... native diver and patching the hole with cocoanut shell . The end of the joke is the old one ( the operation was successful but the patient died ) , but the episode was useful in providing a trial sketch for the more important operation ...
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... Native American Humor . New York : American Book Co. , 1937 . Bradley , Sculley . " Our Native Humor , " North American Review , 242 : 351– 362 ( Winter 1937 ) . Braswell , William . " Early Love Scenes in Melville's Pierre , " American ...
... Native American Humor . New York : American Book Co. , 1937 . Bradley , Sculley . " Our Native Humor , " North American Review , 242 : 351– 362 ( Winter 1937 ) . Braswell , William . " Early Love Scenes in Melville's Pierre , " American ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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