Rhetorical elements of the grotesque and the absurd in Tobias Smollett's Humphry Clinker /

Rhetorical elements of the grotesque and the absurd in Tobias Smollett's Humphry Clinker /

Smollett's use of comic grotesque and absurd effects is one of the most outstanding qualities of his last novel, Humphry Clinker. This dissertation describes patterns of rhetoric that Smollett uses to create these effects. For the purpose of this study, the absurd includes those comic elements...

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Main Author: Archer, Patricia Faye
Other Authors: Archer, S. L. (degree committee member.), Barzak, R. W. (degree committee member.), Becka, R. (degree committee member.)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: [College Station, Tex.] : Archer, 1977.
Subjects:
Smollett, T. > (Tobias), > 1721-1771. > Expedition of Humphry Clinker.
Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Smollett, T.)
Major English.
Academic theses.
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