Encyclopedia Of American Humorists
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Author | : Steven H. Gale |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2016-04-14 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 1317362276 |
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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.
Author | : Alleen Pace Nilsen |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2000-01-20 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : |
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Review: "This unique encyclopedia treats the concepts, persons, themes, and media of 20th-century American humor and humor studies. More than 100 alphabetically arranged entries highlight a broad range of humor-related topics from wit, understatement, and ambiguity to late-night talk shows and the Internet."--"Outstanding Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2001
Author | : Frank Holder |
Publisher | : TrineDay |
Total Pages | : 766 |
Release | : 2019-11-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1634242637 |
Download This Day In Comedy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
On This Day in Comedy is not just an encyclopedia, but a celebration of comedy. In humorous prose the book takes readers through the often-neglected subcultures of comedy in America, acknowledging the inclusiveness of the performers as well as shows and films that made this art form so vital to comics of all backgrounds. It's artistically criminal that a search for Native American or Asian comedy information yields a virtually blank slate. Look for Middle Eastern comics and you'll be provided information on the region's comic book revolution, and search results for Latin comedy are confined to a series of outdated articles. This encyclopedia will offer rare and in some cases never-before-seen photos and obscure facts, making it an indispensable comedy essential.
Author | : Evan Esar |
Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : |
Download The Comic Encyclopedia Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Here at last is the first genuine encyclopedia of comedy ever published. Its range is enormous. It explores the comedy behind history, the arts, language, literature, entertainments. And on almost every page you will find amusing items, from jokes to anecdotes, from wisecracks to gaglines. The thousand and one articles describe the performers of laughter--humorists, punsters, satirists, comedians, cartoonists. They also explain the science of comedy. The text mingles historical events and funny stories with thousands of specimens of wit and humor.--Jacket flap.
Author | : Bennett Cerf |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : American wit and humor |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Tracy Wuster |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2017-12-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0826274110 |
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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.
Author | : Loyal Jones |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2008-10-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0252033698 |
Download Country Music Humorists and Comedians Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume is an encyclopedia of country music performers who have used comedy as a central component of their presentation. Loyal Jones offers a conversational and informative biographical sketch of each performer, often including a sample of the musician's humor, a recording history, and amusing anecdotal tidbits. In an entertaining style, Jones covers performers throughout the twentieth century, from such early stars of vaudeville and radio barn dances as the Skillet Lickers and the Weaver Brothers and Elviry, to regulars on Hee Haw and the Grand Old Opry, continuing to current comedians such as the Austin Lounge Lizards, Ray Stevens, and Jeff Foxworthy.
Author | : James Melville Janson |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2018-01-21 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780483543942 |
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Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Comedy: For Professional Entertainers, Social Clubs, Comedians, Lodges and All Who Are in Search of Humorous Literature In presenting a new book to the general world of readers in these days, we must have a reason for its appearance, and, like the most of authors, I have mine. 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.
Author | : Thomas Lansing Masson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 596 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : American wit and humor |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Hugh Reginald Haweis |
Publisher | : London : Chatto and Windus |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : American wit and humor |
ISBN | : |
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