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Reflection: humour in poetry: in praise of the light touch

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posted on 2016-07-01, 00:00 authored by Cassandra AthertonCassandra Atherton
While humour can be defined as something that is fun or amusing, it can also reference something much darker, such as l’humeur noir. André Breton’s Anthology of Black Humor, the first of its kind, was intended to “showcase…the Surrealist conception of humor” according to his translator, Mark Polizzoti (1997: v). The prose poems in this selection are often surreal and use a kind of gallows humour to discuss death and abandonment.

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Double dialogues :

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Lighting our darkness : winter 2016

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1-1

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Melbourne, Vic.

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1447-9591

Language

eng

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X Not reportable, C4 Letter or note

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2016, Double Dialogues

Issue

18

Publisher

Double Dialogues

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