Author: Charles Farrar Browne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Artemus Ward in London
Author: Artemus Ward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Artemus Ward in London, and Other Papers
Author: Charles Farrar Browne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Unified English
Author:
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain
Author: J.R. LeMaster
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135881359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
"A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135881359
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
"A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.
Extraordinary Collection of First Editions of American and English Authors Belonging to F.D. Brandon ...
Author: F. D. Brandon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Extraordinary Collection of First Editions of American and English Authors
Author: Stan. V. Henkels (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Private libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Enjoyment of Laughter
Author: Max Eastman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351311700
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element, but most books about it are illustrated with hardened old jokes from the comic papers, or classic witticisms jerked out of their context. Max Eastman, in this work, avoids this catastrophe by quoting mainly from contemporary American humor. This is not an anthology in that selections have been made with a view to making a point rather than covering the field. The purpose of Eastman's fabled work is to make the reader laugh. Since his early school days, it has seemed to him that textbooks are wrongly written in that they are conducted in a way which ignores the natural operation of the mind. As a result, the opinion is universal, and under the circumstances a fact, that in order to learn anything you have to study. Since this introduction to humor is itself near to writing a textbook, Eastman uses the very text he constructs to illustrate the manner in which textbooks should be written. Examination and classification of the kinds of humorous experience upon the basis of a theory is a science. As such, this work offers a fair chance to illustrate a method of instruction. However, the distinction between a good joke and a bad one will not prevent the reader from making bad jokes nor enable one to make good ones. There is an artistic and playful element that simply cannot be taught. Enjoyment of Laughter presents a total view of the science of laughter and draws upon some of the great American humorists to do so.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351311700
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Humor at its best is a somewhat fluid and transitory element, but most books about it are illustrated with hardened old jokes from the comic papers, or classic witticisms jerked out of their context. Max Eastman, in this work, avoids this catastrophe by quoting mainly from contemporary American humor. This is not an anthology in that selections have been made with a view to making a point rather than covering the field. The purpose of Eastman's fabled work is to make the reader laugh. Since his early school days, it has seemed to him that textbooks are wrongly written in that they are conducted in a way which ignores the natural operation of the mind. As a result, the opinion is universal, and under the circumstances a fact, that in order to learn anything you have to study. Since this introduction to humor is itself near to writing a textbook, Eastman uses the very text he constructs to illustrate the manner in which textbooks should be written. Examination and classification of the kinds of humorous experience upon the basis of a theory is a science. As such, this work offers a fair chance to illustrate a method of instruction. However, the distinction between a good joke and a bad one will not prevent the reader from making bad jokes nor enable one to make good ones. There is an artistic and playful element that simply cannot be taught. Enjoyment of Laughter presents a total view of the science of laughter and draws upon some of the great American humorists to do so.
Mr. Punch's History of Modern England: 1857-1874
Author: Charles Larcom Graves
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Saint Louis Mercantile Library
Author: St. Louis Mercantile Library Association
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subscription libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subscription libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
The Mark Twain Encyclopedia
Author: J. R. LeMaster
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780824072124
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
A reference guide to the great American author (1835-1910) for students and general readers. The approximately 740 entries, arranged alphabetically, are essentially a collection of articles, ranging significantly in length and covering a variety of topics pertaining to Twain's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's writing reflects Samuel Clemens's personal experience, particular attention is given to the interface between art and life, i.e., between imaginative reconstructions and their factual sources of inspiration. Each entry is accompanied by a selective bibliography to guide readers to sources of additional information. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780824072124
Category : Authors, American
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
A reference guide to the great American author (1835-1910) for students and general readers. The approximately 740 entries, arranged alphabetically, are essentially a collection of articles, ranging significantly in length and covering a variety of topics pertaining to Twain's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's writing reflects Samuel Clemens's personal experience, particular attention is given to the interface between art and life, i.e., between imaginative reconstructions and their factual sources of inspiration. Each entry is accompanied by a selective bibliography to guide readers to sources of additional information. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR