Dunne, Michael, 1941-
Calvinist humor in American literature [electronic resource] / Michael Dunne. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007. - ix, 219 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
PS430 / .D86 2007eb
817.009
Calvinist humor in American literature [electronic resource] / Michael Dunne. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007. - ix, 219 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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.
PS430 / .D86 2007eb
817.009