The Resource Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism, edited by Graeme Harper
Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism, edited by Graeme Harper
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The item Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism, edited by Graeme Harper represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism, edited by Graeme Harper represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Drawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. There are cross-cultural comparisons and consideration of both imperial responses and colonized resistance. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages)
- Contents
-
- List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Displacement, dualism and belief: exploring colonial comedy and fantasy; CHAPTER TWO: Ukcombekcantsini and the fantastic: Zulu narratives and colonial culture; CHAPTER THREE: The game is up: British women's comic novels of the end of Empire; CHAPTER FOUR: James Morier and the oriental picaresque; CHAPTER FIVE: Cubans on the moon, and other imagined communities; CHAPTER SIX: Fairies on the veld: foreign and indigenous elements in South African children's stories
- Isbn
- 9781847142160
- Label
- Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism
- Title
- Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Graeme Harper
- Subject
-
- Wit and humor -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Engels
- Engelstalige landen
- Fantastische Literatur
- Fantasy (litteratur)
- Fantasy literature
- Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
- Het fantastische
- Het komische
- Humor
- Humoristische Literatur
- Imperialism i litteraturen
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialismus
- Koloniale literatuur
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Letterkunde
- Literaturkritik
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Literary
- Wit and humor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Drawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. There are cross-cultural comparisons and consideration of both imperial responses and colonized resistance. The book deals with oral as well as written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations as well as historical and cultural accounts
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- CaPaEBR
- Dewey number
- 809/.917
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN6147
- LC item number
- . C57 2002eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Harper, Graeme
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Wit and humor
- Fantasy literature
- Imperialism in literature
- TRAVEL
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Fantasy literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Wit and humor
- Humoristische Literatur
- Literaturkritik
- Imperialismus
- Fantastische Literatur
- Letterkunde
- Engels
- Het komische
- Het fantastische
- Koloniale literatuur
- Engelstalige landen
- Humor
- Fantasy (litteratur)
- Imperialism i litteraturen
- Label
- Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism, edited by Graeme Harper
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Displacement, dualism and belief: exploring colonial comedy and fantasy; CHAPTER TWO: Ukcombekcantsini and the fantastic: Zulu narratives and colonial culture; CHAPTER THREE: The game is up: British women's comic novels of the end of Empire; CHAPTER FOUR: James Morier and the oriental picaresque; CHAPTER FIVE: Cubans on the moon, and other imagined communities; CHAPTER SIX: Fairies on the veld: foreign and indigenous elements in South African children's stories
- Control code
- 290573652
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847142160
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9781847142160
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)290573652
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Comedy, fantasy, and colonialism, edited by Graeme Harper
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of illustrations; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Displacement, dualism and belief: exploring colonial comedy and fantasy; CHAPTER TWO: Ukcombekcantsini and the fantastic: Zulu narratives and colonial culture; CHAPTER THREE: The game is up: British women's comic novels of the end of Empire; CHAPTER FOUR: James Morier and the oriental picaresque; CHAPTER FIVE: Cubans on the moon, and other imagined communities; CHAPTER SIX: Fairies on the veld: foreign and indigenous elements in South African children's stories
- Control code
- 290573652
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 237 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781847142160
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 9781847142160
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)290573652
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Wit and humor -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Engels
- Engelstalige landen
- Fantastische Literatur
- Fantasy (litteratur)
- Fantasy literature
- Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
- Het fantastische
- Het komische
- Humor
- Humoristische Literatur
- Imperialism i litteraturen
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialism in literature
- Imperialismus
- Koloniale literatuur
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Letterkunde
- Literaturkritik
- TRAVEL -- Special Interest | Literary
- Wit and humor
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