Frivolity unbound : six masters of the camp novel, Thomas Love Peacock, Max Beerbohm, Ronald Firbank, E.F. Benson, P.G. Wodehouse, Ivy Compton-Burnett / by Robert F. Kiernan.
Material type: TextSeries: Literature and life seriesPublication details: New York : Continuum, 1990.Description: 178 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0826404650 :
- 9780826404657
- English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Humorous stories, English -- History and criticism
- Camp (Style)
- Peacock, Thomas Love, 1785-1866 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Firbank, Ronald, 1886-1926 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), 1867-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation
- 823/.9120917 20
- PR888.H85 K5 1990
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"A Frederick Ungar book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-169) and index.
The camp enterprise -- The enlightened palette: Thomas Love Peacock -- The triumph of fantasy: Max Beerbohm -- Aestheticism empurpled: Ronald Firbank -- The novel of histrionic manners: E.F. Benson -- Narrative become burble: P.G. Wodehouse -- The palette darkened: Ivy Compton-Burnett -- Again, the camp enterprise.
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