This is a test
- 325 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Book details
Table of contents
Citations
About This Book
Entropic comedy is the phrase coined by Patrick O'Neill in this study to identify a particular mode of twentieth-century narrative that is not generally recognized. He describes it as the narrative expression of forms of decentred humour, or what might more loosely be called 'black humour.'
Frequently asked questions
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlegoâs features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan youâll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weâve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access The Comedy of Entropy by Patrick O'Neill in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Table of contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Contexts: Entropy and Humour
- 1. Entropy: The Loss of Certainty
- 2. Humour: Reconstructing a Spectrum
- 3. Boundaries Blurred: The Importance of Being Earnest
- II. Pretexts: Humour and Narrative
- 4. Theoretical Worlds: Humour, Play, and Narrative
- 5. Homologous Worlds: The Literary and the Ludie
- III. Texts: Narrative and Reading
- 6. The Comedy of Entropy: A Narrative Taxonomy
- 7. Entropic Satire: The Observation of Anomie
- 8. Entropic Irony: Information and Interpretation
- 9. Entropic Parody: The Structuration of Uncertainty
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index