TY - BOOK AU - Dunne,Michael ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Calvinist humor in American literature AV - PS430 .D86 2007eb U1 - 817.009 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Baton Rouge PB - Louisiana State University Press KW - American wit and humor KW - History and criticism KW - American literature KW - Calvinism in literature KW - Wit and humor KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Comic, The KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10285390 ER -