HUMOR IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF BRITISH LIFE AND LITERATURE
In "The Screwtape Letters, " C.S. Lewis's title character observes
that Jokes and Flippancy are valued so highly by the English, "who
take their 'sense of humour' so seriously that a deficiency in this
sense is almost the only deficiency at which they feel shame." J.B.
Priestly, too, in a related observation comments: "It is curious
that so few foreigners have noticed that we English are a humorous
race....In no other country will you hear so much talk about a
sense of humour."
COVERS HUMOROUS LITERATURE FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN TIMES
Now for the first time, a comprehensive and up-to-date reference
work tackles the subject of humor as it has been expressed in
British literature, from "Beowulf" to the present. The 206 signed
original essays represent the work of 119 scholars from seven
countries and diverse disciplines. Major literary figures such as
Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, G.B. Shaw, and Noel Coward are
included, as well as lesser known lights such as Francis Beaumont,
Stella Gibbons, and George Du Maurier. Readers may be surprised to
learn that other literary luminaries such as W.H. Auden, Winston
Churchill, Samuel Johnson, and Edith Sitwell have also produced
humorous writings.
ANALYZES LITERARY AND COMIC TECHNIQUES
The most important feature of the essays is their literary
analysis, which provides an overview of the author's writings, as
well as in-depth analyses of comic techniques in the subject's
major works. A biography helps place the writer in historical
context, providing such information as the place and date of birth,
education, honors and achievements, marital status, and place and
date of death. In addition to the signed essays, the "Encyclopedia"
includes a preface, a chronological index, a list of pseudonyms, an
introduction, a list of the contributors, and an index.
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