| Description |
xiv, 269 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. American sisyphus: Sisyphus and absurd creation -- Absurd view and American humor -- 2. Faith and confidence: American solutions: Conscious and unconscious absurdity -- Puritan perplexity in action -- Jonathan Edwards: the solution of being -- Benjamin Franklin: man of confidence, confidence man -- 3. From the absurd frontier: Native American absurdist -- Teller in the tall tale -- Biters and biters bit -- 4. Descent to faith: Herman Melville: Captain Cook's toe and other jolly puzzles -- Queequeg's coffin -- Confidence of The confidence-man -- Jokes in Billy Budd -- 5. Prisoner at the window: Mark Twain: A high and dangerous view -- Innocent absurdist -- Failure of absurd creation -- Tragedy traps -- 6. Prime maniacal risibility: William Faulkner: Inventing enough stuff -- Snopes was here -- Savage caricaturist -- 7. Fruitful fruitless odysseys: John Barth: Odyssey in the funhouse -- Mythotherpay -- Epic circles -- 8. A heritage of corpses: Creation on the run -- Giggle in the jungle. |
| Subject |
Humorous stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Humorous stories, American. |
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Nihilism (Philosophy) in literature.
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Nihilism (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Absurd (Philosophy) in literature.
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Absurd (Philosophy) in literature. |
| ISBN |
0253313457 |
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9780253313454 |
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