An Image of the Times: An Irreverent Companion to Ben Jonsons Four Humours and the Art of Diplomacy

An Image of the Times: An Irreverent Companion to Ben Jonsons Four Humours and the Art of Diplomacy Witty, learned excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed by works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding. Glorious insights and observations provided by authors life experience in diplomacy. A rich, fascinating mix of literary idiom, theatre of the absurd, comic elements of the human condition. Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding – leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author’s life experience in the world of diplomacy. It is a rich and fascinating mix of literary idiom, the theatre of the absurd and the comic element of the human condition. Autor: Nils-Johan Jorgensen Wydawnictwo: Global Oriental Ltd Rok wydania: 2015 Okładka: twarda Liczba stron: 216 Wymiary: 21.6 x 13.8 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781898823179