Title The comic spirit, Boccaccio to Thomas Mann: Giovanni Boccaccio, Charles Dickens, Henry Fielding, Israel Zangwill, Thomas Mann. / By Bernard N. Schilling.

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Description	238 pages ; 21 cm
Contents	Fat abbot -- Fielding's "Preface" and Joseph Andrews -- Slipslop, Lady Booby, and the ladder of dependence -- Mr. Micawber's difficulties -- Mr. Micawber's abilities -- Aristocracy and the king of Schnorrers -- Manasseh's learning and triumph -- "Tränen-Trieschke...Grünlich...Permaneder" -- Hanno, Kai and the "Oil of sorrow".
Subject	Comedy -- History and criticism.
	Comedy.
	Characters and characteristics in literature.
	Characters and characteristics in literature.
	Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
	Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.