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Autore |
Staines David |
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Titolo |
Stephen Leacock : A Reappraisal / / edited and with an introduction by David Staines |
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University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 1986 |
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[Ottawa] : , : University of Ottawa Press, , 1986 |
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©1986 |
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0-7766-2700-7 |
0-7766-1694-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (152 pages) |
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Collana |
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Re-appraisals, Canadian writers ; ; 12 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Literary essays |
Electronic books. |
Canada In literature Congresses |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Originated in the Leacock Symposium, which was held under the auspices of the Department of English at the University of Ottawa on April 26-27, 1985"--P. 2. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Bibliography: p. 161-170. |
"Stephen Leacock: the writer and his writings": p. 133-160. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Riding Off in All Directions: A Few Wild Words in Search of Stephen Leacock -- Leacock and Leahen: The Feminine Influence on Stephen Leacock -- Leacock and Understanding Canada -- Leacock and the Media -- The Historical Leacock -- Stephen Leacock, Economist: An Owl Among the Parrots -- Imperial Cosmopolitanism, or the Partly Solved Riddle of Leacock's Multi-National Persona -- Stephen Leacock, Humorist: American by Association -- Religion and Romance in Mariposa -- The Roads Back: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town and George Elliott's The Kissing Man -- Untestable Inferences: Post-Structuralism and Leacock's Achievement in Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town -- The Achievement of Stephen Leacock -- Stephen Leacock: The Writer and His Writings -- Notes -- Contributors. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection of essays explores the many dimensions of the writings of Stephen Leacock, the well-loved Canadian author of Sunshine |
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