Dunne, Michael,  1941- <br/><br/>
Calvinist humor in American literature  [electronic resource] / 
Michael Dunne. 
 - Baton Rouge :  Louisiana State University Press,  c2007. 
 - ix, 219 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index. 
<br/><br/>Calvinist humor  -- Calvinist humor and the American puritans: "the just hand of God" -- Nathaniel Hawthorne: "that would be a jest indeed" -- Herman Melville: "in no world but a fallen one" -- Mark Twain: "the trouble about special providences" -- William Faulkner: "waiting for the part to begin which he would not like" -- Ernest Hemingway: "isn't it pretty to think so?" -- Nathanael West: "gloriously funny" -- Flannery O'Connor: "funny because it is terrible" -- Calvinist humor revisited. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>American wit and humor--History and criticism.<br/>American literature--History and criticism.<br/>Calvinism in literature.<br/>Wit and humor--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Comic, The--Religious aspects.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS430  / .D86 2007eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>817.009