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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Edward H. Rosenberry. 2 The Comic Manner To say that Melville was a writer of comedy is not to say that his method was that of the professional funnyman . He did ... writing in the heyday of such periodicals as the Crockett The Comic Manner.
Edward H. Rosenberry. 2 The Comic Manner To say that Melville was a writer of comedy is not to say that his method was that of the professional funnyman . He did ... writing in the heyday of such periodicals as the Crockett The Comic Manner.
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... writing in these early books seems characteristically informed by the comic spirit . Nowhere in them can we find cleaner , more vital prose than in the quite incidental description of a ship briefly visited in the harbor of Imeeo ...
... writing in these early books seems characteristically informed by the comic spirit . Nowhere in them can we find cleaner , more vital prose than in the quite incidental description of a ship briefly visited in the harbor of Imeeo ...
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... writers that rise and swell with their subject , though it may seem but an ordinary one . How , then , with me , writing of this Leviathan ? Unconsciously my chirography expands into placard capitals . Give me a condor's quill ! Give me ...
... writers that rise and swell with their subject , though it may seem but an ordinary one . How , then , with me , writing of this Leviathan ? Unconsciously my chirography expands into placard capitals . Give me a condor's quill ! Give me ...
Contents
Introduction I | 4 |
The Comic Matter II | 11 |
The Comic Manner | 31 |
Copyright | |
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