Laughing at Darkness Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour
| Author/creator | McDonald, Paul Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leicester : Troubadour Publishing Limited |
| Description | 152 p. 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation Paul McDonald's book is the second in the Humanities Ebooks Contemporary American Literature Series, edited by Christopher Gair and Aliki Varvogli. Given that postmodernism has been associated with doubt, chaos, relativism and the disappearance of reality, it may appear difficult to reconcile with American optimism. Laughing at the Darkness demonstrates that this is not always the case. In examining the work of, among others, Sherman Alexie, Woody Allen, Douglas Coupland, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bill Hicks, David Mamet, and Philip Roth, McDonald shows how American humourists bring their comedy to bear on some of the negative implications of philosophical postmodernism and, in so doing, explore ways of reclaiming value.Paul McDonald is Senior Lecturer in American literature at the University of Wolverhampton, where he is also Course Leader for Creative and Professional Writing. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781847601896 |
| ISBN | 1847601898 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781847601896 |
| Stock number | 00995052 |