An Essay On Comedy And The Uses of the Comic Spirit

George Meredith

Verlag: Archibald Constable and Co., Westminster, 1897

Beschreibung

The first edition in book form of this essay on comedy by the Victorian writer George Meredith. The first edition in book form of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. George Meredith (1828-1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era. His most successful novels were The Egoist (1879) and Diana of the Crossways (1885). In this essay, first published in 'The New Quarterly Magazine' in April 1877, Meredith explores the idea of comedy in its many forms, such as satire, irony, comic spirit, wit, and the writers who use them such as Samuel Johnson, Moliere, and Cervantes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with very light shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 910M25

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Essay On Comedy And The Uses of the Comic...

Verlag: Archibald Constable and Co., Westminster

Erscheinungsdatum: 1897

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Zustand: Very Good Indeed

Art des Buches: book