Isbn: 9780521562751 - lawrence and comedy (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 216pp. Brown cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. 8vo. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear. A collection of critical essays on the writing of T E Lawrence, reappraising Lawrence's approach to and use of humour.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. In very good condition, just a few mild extremity bumps and cosmetic rubs, hence showing a publisher's 'damaged' stamp. Thus a clean, crisp, tight copy offered for sale at a very reasonable price. Please note: no dustjacket present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Brown cloth hard cover with silver lettering to spine- Fine. In DJ - Fine. 216 pages. Small mark to top of text block otherwise Content Fine. (454g) As Books that Benefit gives the proceeds from the sale of this book to charity correct postage will be asked for when more than default price quoted.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This 1996 book revises the accepted notion of Lawrence as a humourless writer to reveal a genuine comic talent. Editor(s): Eggert, Paul; Worthen, John. Num Pages: 232 pages, index, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457. . 1996. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Lawrence's genius is unquestioned, but he is seldom considered a writer interested in comedy. This 1996 collection of essays by distinguished scholars explores the range, scope and sheer verve of Lawrence's comic writing. Comedy for Lawrence was not, as his contemporary Freud insisted, a mere defence mechanism. The comic mode enabled him to function parodically to undermine radically those forms of authority from which he always felt estranged. Lawrence's critique of the modern failure of the mystic impulse is present in all the comic moments in his writing where it is used to create an alternative cultural and social space. Lawrence used humour to distance himself from the dominant orthodoxy surrounding him, from the material of his fiction, from his readers, and, finally, from his own often intensely serious preoccupations. This book revises the popular image of Lawrence as a humourless writer and reveals his strategic use of a genuine comic talent. …