Though the phrase "Calvinist humor" may seem to be an oxymoron, Michael Dunne, in highly original and unfailingly interesting readings of major American fiction

Though the phrase "Calvinist humor" may seem to be an oxymoron, Michael Dunne, in highly original and unfailingly interesting readings of major American fiction

This book reconsiders the role of seventeenth-century Puritanism in the creation of the United States and its consequent cultural and literary histories.

Examining humor in depictions of the Civil War from the war years to the present, this review covers a wide range of literature, film and television in historic

This book examines contemporary American animated humor, focusing on popular animated television shows in order to explore the ways in which they engage with Am