Comic Crime by Bargainnier, Earl F. [Editor]

Popular Press, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Ed. First trade paperback ed. Near fine condition..

University of Wisconsin Press, 1987-01-01. 1. paperback. Used: Good.

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Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State Univ, 1988. First Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. COLLECTIBLE - NEW/None as Issued. BRAND NEW & Collectible. Anthology of 11 essays delving into the use of common formulas used in crime fiction as a vehicle of comedy, and indeed, laughter. A somewhat uneasy relationship between mirth and death is prevalent in fiction. One might recall Northrup Frye's classification of the entire genre of detective fiction into the category of Comic Fictional Modes --- albeit in the sense that evil is always thwarted and good reigns. The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin, in this "anything-can-happen" genre, are examined among many.

University of Wisconsin Press, 1987-01-01. 1. paperback. Used:Good.

Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The pictorial paper covers are bright, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. A very nice copy. Contents: -- Comedy and the British crime novel, by H.R.F. Keating; -- Laughing with the corpses: hard-boiled humour, by Frederick Isaac; -- What fun! : detection as diversion, by Elaine Bander; -- Farcial worlds of crime, by Earl F. Bargainnier; -- The comic village, by Mary Jean DeMarrr; -- Crime and comedy on campus, by Wister Cook; -- Guises and disguises of the eccentric amateur detective, by Jane S. Bakerman; -- The little old ladies, by Neysa Chouteau & Martha Alderson; -- The comic in the canon: what's funny about Sherlock Holmes? by Barrie Hayne; -- The comic capers of Donald Westlake, by Michael Dunne; -- Is it or isn't is? the duality of parodic detective fiction, by Lizabeth Paravisini &… Read More

Popular Pr of Bowling Green State, 1988. Paperback. New. 202 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. The humor of Sherlock Holmes, Donald Westlake, Agatha Christie, Michael Innes, and Edmund Crispin are just a few of those discussed. A major point highlighted by this book is simply that wit, slapstick. laughter, and an anything-can-happen motif appear in a significant amount of fiction about crime.