French Laughter: Literary Humour from Diderot to Tournier

by Walter Redfern

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The culmination of a lifetime's fascination with humor in all its forms, this book is the first in any language to embrace such an impressive span of authors and such a broad range of topics in French literary humor.

In nine wide-ranging chapters Walter Redfern considers diverse writers and topics, including: Diderot, viewed as a laughing philosopher, mainly through his fiction (Les Bijoux indiscrets, Le Neeu de Rameau, and Jacques le fataliste);...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199237573

ISBN13:9780199237579

Release Date:April 2008

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"

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