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Notes and Commentaries

Volume 01, Number 2 (1976)

Leacock's Dunciad

  • Glenn Clever
Soumise
mai 22, 2008
Publié-e
1976-06-06

Résumé

A brief study of formal aspects of Stephen Leacock's Arcadian Adventures – character development, tone, purpose, structure, and plot – reveals their contributions towards a unity of effect. The patterns of paradox and of illusion and reality build up to the final story in which all values are turned upside down, embodying an overall sombre and pessimistic theme.