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Calvinist humor in American literature

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Hovedforfatter: Dunne, Michael, 1941-
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007.
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American wit and humor > History and criticism.
American literature > History and criticism.
Calvinism in literature.
Wit and humor > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Comic, The > Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Calvinist humor
  • Calvinist humor and the American puritans: "the just hand of God"
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne: "that would be a jest indeed"
  • Herman Melville: "in no world but a fallen one"
  • Mark Twain: "the trouble about special providences"
  • William Faulkner: "waiting for the part to begin which he would not like"
  • Ernest Hemingway: "isn't it pretty to think so?"
  • Nathanael West: "gloriously funny"
  • Flannery O'Connor: "funny because it is terrible"
  • Calvinist humor revisited.

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