American Humorists
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Our American Humorists
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Author : Thomas L. Masson
language : en
Publisher: Freeport, N.Y : Books for Libraries Press
Release Date : 1966
Our American Humorists written by Thomas L. Masson and has been published by Freeport, N.Y : Books for Libraries Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with American wit and humor categories.
Encyclopedia Of American Humorists
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Author : Steven H. Gale
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-14
Encyclopedia Of American Humorists written by Steven H. Gale and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with Humor categories.
First published in 1988, this book contains entries on famous American Humorists. Humor has been present in American literature, from the beginning, and has developed characteristics that reflect the American character, both regional and national. Although American literature was, in the past, treated as inferior to British literature, there has always been a large popular audience for the genre, which this book shows. The figures with entries in this encyclopedia not only amuse in their writing, but also aim to enlighten- setting out to expose the foibles and foolishness of society and the individuals who compose it. It is the manner in which these authors try to accomplish this end that determines whether they appear in the volume. Indeed, the book will demonstrate that the best humor has at its base, a ready understanding of human nature.
American Humorists
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Author : Hugh Reginald Haweis
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2024-02-01
American Humorists written by Hugh Reginald Haweis and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-01 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
American Humorists
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Author : Hugh Reginald Haweis
language : en
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
Release Date : 1883
American Humorists written by Hugh Reginald Haweis and has been published by London : Chatto and Windus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with American wit and humor categories.
Our American Humorists
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Author : Thomas Lansing Masson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1922
Our American Humorists written by Thomas Lansing Masson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1922 with American wit and humor categories.
American Humorists
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Author : Thorp
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 1964
American Humorists written by Thorp and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
American Humorists - American Writers 42 was first published in 1964. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
Famous Funny Fellows
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Author : William Montgomery Clemens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1882
Famous Funny Fellows written by William Montgomery Clemens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1882 with American wit and humor categories.
Mark Twain American Humorist
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Author : Tracy Wuster
language : en
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Release Date : 2017-12-01
Mark Twain American Humorist written by Tracy Wuster and has been published by University of Missouri Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Mark Twain, American Humorist examines the ways that Mark Twain’s reputation developed at home and abroad in the period between 1865 and 1882, years in which he went from a regional humorist to national and international fame. In the late 1860s, Mark Twain became the exemplar of a school of humor that was thought to be uniquely American. As he moved into more respectable venues in the 1870s, especially through the promotion of William Dean Howells in the Atlantic Monthly, Mark Twain muddied the hierarchical distinctions between class-appropriate leisure and burgeoning forms of mass entertainment, between uplifting humor and debased laughter, and between the literature of high culture and the passing whim of the merely popular.
American Humorists
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Author : H. R. Haweis
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-26
American Humorists written by H. R. Haweis and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Literary Collections categories.
Excerpt from American Humorists A few words on wit and humor in general; a few more on American wit and humor in particular; and a good many on the wit and humor of Washington Irving, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, and Bret Harte. I have read long and tiresome essays by Hazlitt and others, explaining the difference between wit and humor. I have lain awake at night thinking over the difference, and I have come to the conclusion - that there is none. I hasten to reveal this truth to the world because it has been such a comfort to me. Humor is the electric atmosphere, wit is the flash. A situation provides the atmospheric humor, and with the culminating point of it comes the flash. The character of Carlyles "Teufelsdroeckh" is perfectly steeped in a peculiar kind of dry and flowing humor, but when he says that England is composed of ten million of human beings - mostly fools, there is the flash. Out of such a tone of mind from such a humorous atmosphere, we may expect to draw a spark at almost any moment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
American Humorists 1800 1950
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Author : Stanley Trachtenberg
language : en
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
Release Date : 1982
American Humorists 1800 1950 written by Stanley Trachtenberg and has been published by Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Contains biographical sketches of American humorists who are generally considered to have had a major impact on our attitudes toward and understanding of humor and on the development of the form through the production of a significant body of work. Only literary figures were considered for inclusion, criterion was based on whether the author's work was primarily humorous or whether there was a significant body of humorous writing.