Bibliograph

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

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The comic spirit, Boccaccio to Thomas Mann: Giovanni Boccaccio, Charles Dickens, Henry Fielding, Israel Zangwill, Thomas Mann.

Oclc number

330322

Responsibility statement

By Bernard N. Schilling

Table Of Contents

The 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."

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