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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798021203321

Autore

Nwosu Maik

Titolo

The comic imagination in modern African literature and cinema : a poetics of laughter / / Maik Nwosu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routlege, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-37492-4

1-315-67302-9

1-317-37491-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature ; ; 62

Disciplina

820.9/17096

Soggetti

African literature (English) - 20th century - History and criticism

African literature (French) - 20th century - History and criticism

African wit and humor - History and criticism

Comic, The, in literature

Comedy films - Nigeria - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 The Flaming Masquerade and Comic Simplicitas; 2 The Wilderness Paradox and Comic Magnitude; 3 Dramatic Poetry and Comic Synthesis; 4 Nollywood Cinema and the Semiotics of Laughter; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index