Paula Spencer or the Miraculous Transformation of Misery into Joy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21187236 |
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| Authors | Aída Díaz-Bild (Universidad de La Laguna, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 19-32 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Estudios Irlandeses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1699-311X • E-ISSN: 1699-311X |
| Publisher | Estudios Irlandeses (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.24162/ei2012-1796 |
| OpenAlex | W307140782 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
William Gerhardie affirms that humour “is the most serious quality in literature” (cit. in Craig 1989: 100) and Walter E. O’Connell that “life is still too important to be taken seriously” (1996: 317). The former is a novelist and the latter a psychologist, but both undermine the notion that seriousness or tragedy is the
Aesthetics · Art · Comedy · Comics · Compassion · Criminology · Cruelty · Laughter · Literature · Loneliness · Pain and suffering · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Social science · Sociology · Trilogy · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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