Laughing at the Darkness Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour

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Laughing at the Darkness Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour
Laughing at the Darkness Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour
Author : Paul McDonald
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Publisher : Humanities-Ebooks
Language : English
Release Date : 01 January 2010
ISBN : 9781847601872
Pages : 149 pages
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Laughing at the Darkness Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour by Paul McDonald Book PDF Summary

Paul McDonald’s book is the second in our Contemporary American Literature series, edited by Christopher Gair and Aliki Varvogli. Given that postmodernism has been associated with doubt, chaos, relativism and the disappearance of reality, it may appear difficult to reconcile with American optimism. Laughing at the Darkness demonstrates that this is not always the case. In examining the work of, among others, Sherman Alexie, Woody Allen, Douglas Coupland, Jonathan Safran Foer, Bill Hicks, David Mamet, and Philip Roth, McDonald shows how American humorists bring their comedy to bear on some of the negative implications of philosophical postmodernism and, in so doing, explore ways of reclaiming value.

Laughing at the Darkness Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour

Laughing at the Darkness Postmodernism and Optimism in American Humour by Paul McDonald

Paul McDonald’s book is the second in our Contemporary American Literature series, edited by Christopher Gair and Aliki Varvogli. Given that postmodernism has been associated with doubt, chaos, relativism and the disappearance of reality, it may appear difficult to reconcile with American optimism. Laughing at the Darkness demonstrates that

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