Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Anonyms
Author: William Cushing
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Markof, the Russian Violinist
Author: Henry Gréville
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Category : Musical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Category : Musical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Catalogue of English Prose Fiction
Author: New York (N.Y.). Mercantile Library Association
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1194
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Encyclopedia of American Humorists
Author: Steven H. Gale
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317362276
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317362276
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
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.
The Comprehensive Subject Index
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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Writing the South
Author: Richard Gray
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807122174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this major reconsideration of a regional consciousness, Richard Gray explores how generations of southerners have been engaged in "writing the South", in reinventing their place even as they describe it. "Humane and learned, informative and analytical, WRITING THE SOUTH is a most impressive addition to cultural inquiry".--THE LISTENER. 12 photos.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807122174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this major reconsideration of a regional consciousness, Richard Gray explores how generations of southerners have been engaged in "writing the South", in reinventing their place even as they describe it. "Humane and learned, informative and analytical, WRITING THE SOUTH is a most impressive addition to cultural inquiry".--THE LISTENER. 12 photos.
The American Bookseller's Complete Reference Trade List, and Alphabetical Catalogue of Books in this Country
Author: Alexander Vietts Blake
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Mark Twain's Humor
Author: David E. E. Sloane
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135140315X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Originally published in 1993. The purpose of this volume is to lay out documents which give an estimate of Mark Twain as a humourist in both historical scope and in the analysis of modern scholars. The emphasis in this collection is on how Twain developed from a contemporary humourist among many others of his generation into a major comic writer and American spokesman and, in several more recent essays by younger Twain scholars, the outcomes of that development late in his career. The essays determine how the humor takes on meaning and importance and how the humor works in a number of ways in the literary canon and even in the persona of Mark Twain.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135140315X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Originally published in 1993. The purpose of this volume is to lay out documents which give an estimate of Mark Twain as a humourist in both historical scope and in the analysis of modern scholars. The emphasis in this collection is on how Twain developed from a contemporary humourist among many others of his generation into a major comic writer and American spokesman and, in several more recent essays by younger Twain scholars, the outcomes of that development late in his career. The essays determine how the humor takes on meaning and importance and how the humor works in a number of ways in the literary canon and even in the persona of Mark Twain.