Black Humor
Critical Essays

 

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Black Humor
Critical Essays

by Alan R. Pratt (Author)
Alan R. Pratt (Editor)

 

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ISBN: 9780815306191

 

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Also called "comedy of the absurd," and "entropic comedy," black humor is associated with the late 50s and beyond, but some critics argue that it's been around for centuries witness the earliest known example of "gallows humor" from 1739. This volume gathers essays (spanning some 30 years of criti



 

ISBN 815306199
ISBN13 9780815306191
Publisher Garland Publishing Inc
Format Hardback
Publication date 24/12/1992
Pages 375
Weight (grammes) 635
Published in United States
Height (mm) 229
Width (mm) 152

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