Author(s) English, James F. Bibliographic title Comic Transactions: Humor as Communication in Four Modern Novels Publisher, city PhD diss., Stanford University Page(s) 794 Publication year 1989 Comment Pale Fire compared to Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, Nathaniel West's Miss Lonelyhearts, and Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook. Tags Pale Fire
Pale Fire compared to Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent, Nathaniel West's Miss Lonelyhearts, and Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook.