{"product_id":"9780333770481","title":"The Alchemy of Laughter: Comedy in English Fiction","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Alchemy of Laughter: Comedy in English Fiction\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCavaliero, G.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the only contemporary critical study to discuss the nature of comedy with exclusive reference to novels. It examines the comic styles of novelists from Fielding and Jane Austen to Waugh and Agnus Wilson, as well as less familiar writers such as Ronald Firbank and Sylvia Townsend Warner. Distinguishing between different kinds of humour, it shows how comedy works in practice under changing literary, social and environmental conditions, and is designed to interest academic and general readers equally.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1999-11-02\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780333770481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/9780230288898\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 203cm x127cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 255\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47678417305740,"sku":"9780333770481","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780333770481.jpg?v=1776564206","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780333770481","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}