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02312aam a2200421 i 4500 001 A8AFD598332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140903010030 008 131028s2014 ctu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013035993 020 $a 0300197519 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780300197518 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)862053005 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d COO $d CDX $d OCLCF $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PN56.H83 $b W45 2014 082 00 $a 809.7 $2 23 084 $a LIT004130 $a REL077000 $a LIT004130 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Welsh, Alexander. 245 14 $a The humanist comedy / $c Alexander Welsh. 264 1 $a New Haven ; $b Yale University Press, $c [2014] 300 $a 266 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "For about three thousand years comedy has applied a welcome humanist perspective to the world's religious beliefs and practices. From the ancient Greek comedies of Aristophanes, the famous poem by Lucretius, and dialogues of Cicero to early modern and Enlightenment essays and philosophical texts, together with the inherent skepticism about life after death in tragicomedies by Plautus, Shakespeare, MolieÌre, and nineteenth-century novels by such as Dickens and Hugo, the literary critic and historian Alexander Welsh analyzes the prevalence of openness of mind and relieving good humor in Western thought. The Humanist Comedy concludes with close examination of a postmodern novel by the Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Humor in literature. 650 0 $a Literature $x Theory, etc. $x Theory, etc. 650 0 $a Humanism in literature. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / Humor. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a RELIGION / Faith. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Humanism in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963528 650 7 $a Humor in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00963735 650 7 $a Literature $x Theory, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353577 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180126033718.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826092828.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A8AFD598332F11E49E51C4E1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search