Tag Archives: comedy

Genres of Literature – Comedy

Posted on January 5, 2018 by

Originally posted on Mandy Eve-Barnett's Blog for Readers & Writers:
A comic novel is a novel-length work of humorous fiction. Many well-known authors have written comic novels, including P.G. Wodehouse, Henry Fielding, Mark Twain and John Kennedy Toole. Writing comedy is…

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W is for Writing Wit | #AtoZChallenge

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Wit is a literary device used to make people laugh intelligent, insightful humour; a clever expression of thought found in poetry, stage plays, political and social writings can be harmless or aggressive: insulting or containing biting sarcasm (e.g., A Modest … Continue reading →

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