Calvinist humor in American literature [electronic resource] / Michael Dunne.
By: Dunne, Michael.
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BookPublisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007Description: ix, 219 p.Subject(s): American wit and humor -- History and criticism | American literature -- History and criticism | Calvinism in literature | Wit and humor -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Comic, The -- Religious aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 817.009 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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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.
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