Comic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain

Published by Cornell University Press 1994

Comic Transactions

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface James F. English Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Humor; Politics, Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
One. Covert Operations: The Unworking of the “Working Community” in The Secret Agent Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Two. Imagining a Community of Men: Black(shirt) Humor in The Apes of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Three. Broken English: Disarticulated Community in Between the Acts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Four. Barbarism as Culturism: Lucky Jim and the Politics of the Campus Novel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	128
Five. Actually Existing Postmodernism: The Comedy of Disorganization in The Golden Notebook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Six. Community Relations: Policing Jokes in The Satanic Verses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Bibliography of Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

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