The triumph of wit : a study of Victorian comic theory / Robert Bernard Martin
by Martin, Robert Bernard
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- ISBN 10
- 0198120575
- ISBN 13
- 9780198120575
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About This Item
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 105 pp.; 23 cm. Contents; 1. The dangers of laughter -- 2. The claims of the intellect -- 3. Wit and humour -- 4. Phrenological formulations -- 5. Sydney Smith, Leigh Hunt, and Thackeray -- 6. George Eliot, Leslie Stephen, and George Meredith. Subjects; English wit and humor History and criticism Theory, etc. Wit and humor Philosophy.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 409483
- Title
- The triumph of wit : a study of Victorian comic theory / Robert Bernard Martin
- Author
- Martin, Robert Bernard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198120575
- ISBN 13
- 9780198120575
- Publisher
- Oxford : Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1974
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