Author: Neil A. Grauer
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803270565
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
One of the great American humorists of this century, James Thurber is still read and cherished by many readers more than thirty years after his death. He is most famous for the hilarious, often bittersweet stories that he published in the 1930s and 1940s in the New Yorker. He was also a brilliant cartoonist whose unique drawings were an eagerly awaited feature in Harold Ross’s New Yorker and in Thurber’s books. This biography is a book much in the spirit of Thurber himself. Readable, anecdotal, and often delightfully funny, Remember Laughter will be cherished by all fans of Thurber. Yet Neil A. Grauer by no means sentimentalizes Thurber. He addresses serious, and often disturbing, features of Thurber’s life while highlighting Thurber’s courage, inexhaustible humor, and unique literary and artistic talents. The result is a biography that both celebrates Thurber’s genius and shrewdly appraises his qualities as a man.
Remember Laughter
Author: Neil A. Grauer
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803270565
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
One of the great American humorists of this century, James Thurber is still read and cherished by many readers more than thirty years after his death. He is most famous for the hilarious, often bittersweet stories that he published in the 1930s and 1940s in the New Yorker. He was also a brilliant cartoonist whose unique drawings were an eagerly awaited feature in Harold Ross’s New Yorker and in Thurber’s books. This biography is a book much in the spirit of Thurber himself. Readable, anecdotal, and often delightfully funny, Remember Laughter will be cherished by all fans of Thurber. Yet Neil A. Grauer by no means sentimentalizes Thurber. He addresses serious, and often disturbing, features of Thurber’s life while highlighting Thurber’s courage, inexhaustible humor, and unique literary and artistic talents. The result is a biography that both celebrates Thurber’s genius and shrewdly appraises his qualities as a man.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803270565
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
One of the great American humorists of this century, James Thurber is still read and cherished by many readers more than thirty years after his death. He is most famous for the hilarious, often bittersweet stories that he published in the 1930s and 1940s in the New Yorker. He was also a brilliant cartoonist whose unique drawings were an eagerly awaited feature in Harold Ross’s New Yorker and in Thurber’s books. This biography is a book much in the spirit of Thurber himself. Readable, anecdotal, and often delightfully funny, Remember Laughter will be cherished by all fans of Thurber. Yet Neil A. Grauer by no means sentimentalizes Thurber. He addresses serious, and often disturbing, features of Thurber’s life while highlighting Thurber’s courage, inexhaustible humor, and unique literary and artistic talents. The result is a biography that both celebrates Thurber’s genius and shrewdly appraises his qualities as a man.
Remembering Laughter
Author: Wallace Stegner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140252401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Margaret Stuart, the proud wife of a prosperous Iowa farmer, sets high standards for herself and others. Happy in her marriage, she tries to look the other way when her genial husband, Alec, takes to the bottle. When Elspeth, Margaret's sister, comes to live with them, the young woman is immediately captivated by the beauty and vitality of the farm, and by the affection she receives from those around her. But as summer turns into fall, and the friendship between Alec and Elspeth deepens, Margaret finds her spirit tested by a series of events that seem as cruel and inevitable as the endless prairie winters. Long out of print, Remebering Laughter (1937) marked Wallace Stegner's brilliant literary debut.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140252401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Margaret Stuart, the proud wife of a prosperous Iowa farmer, sets high standards for herself and others. Happy in her marriage, she tries to look the other way when her genial husband, Alec, takes to the bottle. When Elspeth, Margaret's sister, comes to live with them, the young woman is immediately captivated by the beauty and vitality of the farm, and by the affection she receives from those around her. But as summer turns into fall, and the friendship between Alec and Elspeth deepens, Margaret finds her spirit tested by a series of events that seem as cruel and inevitable as the endless prairie winters. Long out of print, Remebering Laughter (1937) marked Wallace Stegner's brilliant literary debut.
Remember Laughter
Author: Neil A. Grauer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780803221550
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The life story of one of the great American humorists of this century.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780803221550
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
The life story of one of the great American humorists of this century.
Remembering You
Author: Marilyn R. Duncan
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525518127
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
As Canada’s population continues to age and lifespans lengthen, the incidence of dementia is also on the increase, with Alzheimer’s being the most common. For twelve years, author Marilyn Duncan cared for her beloved mother after she developed dementia. Remembering You Until God Whispers My Name is the moving memoir of a devoted daughter who becomes a strong health and social advocate for her mother as she gradually loses her mental faculties. Told with love, humour, poetry and through her grief, the story of Marilyn and her mother Jeannette Marguerite Sealey (née Butler) will help anyone who reads it to better understand how to show respect and give dignity to those on their final journey and their caregivers. Marilyn reminds us that grief is a very personal journey that we need to take to heal after losing a loved one. She also reminds us that laughter and joy are not disrespectful while caregiving to someone with dementia.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525518127
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
As Canada’s population continues to age and lifespans lengthen, the incidence of dementia is also on the increase, with Alzheimer’s being the most common. For twelve years, author Marilyn Duncan cared for her beloved mother after she developed dementia. Remembering You Until God Whispers My Name is the moving memoir of a devoted daughter who becomes a strong health and social advocate for her mother as she gradually loses her mental faculties. Told with love, humour, poetry and through her grief, the story of Marilyn and her mother Jeannette Marguerite Sealey (née Butler) will help anyone who reads it to better understand how to show respect and give dignity to those on their final journey and their caregivers. Marilyn reminds us that grief is a very personal journey that we need to take to heal after losing a loved one. She also reminds us that laughter and joy are not disrespectful while caregiving to someone with dementia.
高阶英语阅读教程(通用篇)
Author: 晏生宏
Publisher: 重庆大学电子音像出版社有限公司
ISBN: 7568931706
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
《高阶英语阅读教程(通用篇)》以通用英语能力培养为主要目标,聚焦阅读技能发展。 全册书共 9个单元,每个单元包括 4 个部分,每个部分由若干学习任务和活动构成。
Publisher: 重庆大学电子音像出版社有限公司
ISBN: 7568931706
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
《高阶英语阅读教程(通用篇)》以通用英语能力培养为主要目标,聚焦阅读技能发展。 全册书共 9个单元,每个单元包括 4 个部分,每个部分由若干学习任务和活动构成。
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Report of the Demonstration in Honour of the Fortieth Anniversary of Sir John A. Macdonald's Entrance Into Public Life
Author: Liberal-Conservative Party. Convention
Publisher: s.n.], 1885 (Toronto : Printed by the Canadian Manufacturer Publishing Company)
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher: s.n.], 1885 (Toronto : Printed by the Canadian Manufacturer Publishing Company)
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Why So Serious: On Philosophy and Comedy
Author: Russell Ford
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351363026
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Western philosophical tradition shows a marked fondness for tragedy. From Plato and Aristotle, through German idealism, to contemporary reflections on the murderous violence of the twentieth century, philosophy has often looked to tragedy for resources to make suffering, grief, and death thinkable. But what if showing a preference for tragedy, philosophical thought has unwittingly and unknowingly aligned itself with a form of thinking that accepts injustice without protest? This collection explores possibilities for philosophical thinking that refuses the tragic model of thought, and turns instead to its often-overlooked companion: comedy. Comprising of a series of experiments ranging across the philosophical tradition, the essays in this volume propose to break, or at least suspend, the use of tragedy as an index of truth and philosophical worth. Instead, they explore new conceptions of solidarity, sympathy, critique, and justice. In addition, the essays collected here provide ample reason to believe that philosophical thinking, aligned with comedy, is capable of important and original insights, discoveries, and creations. The prejudicial acceptance of tragic seriousness only impoverishes the life of thought; it can be rejuvenated and renewed by laughter and the comic. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351363026
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The Western philosophical tradition shows a marked fondness for tragedy. From Plato and Aristotle, through German idealism, to contemporary reflections on the murderous violence of the twentieth century, philosophy has often looked to tragedy for resources to make suffering, grief, and death thinkable. But what if showing a preference for tragedy, philosophical thought has unwittingly and unknowingly aligned itself with a form of thinking that accepts injustice without protest? This collection explores possibilities for philosophical thinking that refuses the tragic model of thought, and turns instead to its often-overlooked companion: comedy. Comprising of a series of experiments ranging across the philosophical tradition, the essays in this volume propose to break, or at least suspend, the use of tragedy as an index of truth and philosophical worth. Instead, they explore new conceptions of solidarity, sympathy, critique, and justice. In addition, the essays collected here provide ample reason to believe that philosophical thinking, aligned with comedy, is capable of important and original insights, discoveries, and creations. The prejudicial acceptance of tragic seriousness only impoverishes the life of thought; it can be rejuvenated and renewed by laughter and the comic. This book was originally published as a special issue of Angelaki.
The Sacred Ash
Author:
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1927337100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
ISBN: 1927337100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Make Him Addicted To You With Simple 70 Steps
Author: N.C. Carrington
Publisher: AYDIN
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Publisher: AYDIN
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description