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Encyclopedia of British Humorists
Author | : Steven H. Gale |
Publsiher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : English wit and humor |
ISBN | : 0824059905 |
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First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Country Music Humorists and Comedians
Author | : Loyal Jones |
Publsiher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2008-10-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780252033698 |
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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.
Encyclopedia of American Humorists
Author | : Steven H. Gale |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 2016-04-14 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781317362272 |
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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.
American Humorists
Author | : Hugh Reginald Haweis |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : UCBK:B000914119 |
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American Humorists
Author | : Hugh Reginald Haweis |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2024-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9783385329805 |
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Humorists vs Religion
Author | : Iain Ellis |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2018-08-03 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781476634012 |
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Critical humorists and religion are steeped in a long-standing cultural antagonism. This book recounts the dramatic skirmishes between religion—its dogma and edicts, political manifestations, and the nature of faith—and the satire, parody, jokes and hyperbole of popular wits. The writings of Twain, Vonnegut, Mencken and Hitchens are included, along with the films of Monty Python, the cartoons of Charlie Hebdo, the animated television series The Simpsons and South Park, the comedy of George Carlin and Bill Maher, the music of Randy Newman and Pussy Riot, the performance monologue of Julia Sweeney and the magic of Penn Jillette.
Thackeray s Lectures on the English Humorists
Author | : William Makepeace Thackeray |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1853 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : HARVARD:HWP4WX |
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Humorists
Author | : Paul Johnson |
Publsiher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2010-11-30 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9780062024862 |
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“It is Johnson’s gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes.” —Washington Post Book World on Heroes “Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough.” —Wall Street Journal Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world’s greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history’s sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson’s Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.