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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809053303321

Titolo

Grotesque revisited : Grotesque and Satire in the post/modern literature of Central and Eastern Europe / / edited by Laurynas Katkus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2013

ISBN

1-4438-5094-2

Edizione

[1.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (Cambridge Scholars Publishing.)

Collana

Laurynas Katkus studied Lithuanian and Comparative Literature in

Altri autori (Persone)

KatkusLaurynas

Disciplina

809.915

Soggetti

Grotesque in literature

Satire - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE GRAVITY OF THE GROTESQUE -- SECTION I -- OF SATIRE AND SATYRS -- HILARIOUS HELL -- THE REVOLUTION(S) OF THE GROTESQUE BODY -- SECTION II -- HRABAL'S SATIRICAL LEGACY IN THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL -- FORMS OF THE GROTESQUE -- GROTESQUE AND HETEROGLOSSIA IN GEORGE TABORI'S WORKS, OR -- THE GROTESQUE AND GENDER IN NILS SAKSS' PROSE -- THE CREATIVE ROLE OF THE GROTESQUE IN THE MOSCOW SECTIONS OF MIKHAIL BULGAKOV'S THE MASTER AND MARGARITA -- SECTION III -- PARODY, SATIRE, AND CARNIVALISATION IN ROMANIAN POETIC POSTMODERNISM -- NOVEL AND SATIRE -- ON THE BACKGROUND, STAINS, AND DRY CLEANING -- THE GROTESQUE DIMENSION OF WITOLD GOMBROWICZ'S NOVEL FERDYDURKE -- THE GROTESQUE AND MEMORY IN CONTEMPORARY ESTONIAN CULTURE -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

World