The Comedy of Entropy: Humour/Narrative/Reading

By Patrick O'Neill

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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.'

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1487587066

ISBN13:9781487587062

Release Date:December 1990

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Length:325 Pages

Weight:1.11 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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