The Terrain of Comedy (Studies in Genre)

The Terrain of Comedy (Studies in Genre)

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Book Description
The Dallas School of critics centered around Louise Cowan here presents a thorough probing of comedy as one of the territories through which the soul must joutney. In the Introduction, Cowan sets forth her theory of genres, and the following ten essays apply aspects of the theory to major works of the West, from Homer to Faulkner.

About the Author
Louise Cowan (Ph.D. 1953, Vanderbilt) received the Charles Frankel Award in 1991 for her work in advancing the study of the humanities as Professor of Literature and Graduate Dean at the University of Dallas and later Director of Education at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture.

The Terrain of Comedy (Studies in Genre),Louise Cowan,Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture,0911005056,Comic, The, in literature,Essays,Humor,Literary Collections,Literature: Classics

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