Author: John S. Robb
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Streaks of Squatter Life, and Far-West Scenes
Author: John S. Robb
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Streaks of Squatter of Life, and Far-west Scenes
Author: John S. Robb
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Southern Frontier Humor
Author: Thomas Inge
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272207
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
If, as some suggest, American literature began with Huckleberry Finn, then the humorists of the Old South surely helped us to shape that literature. Twain himself learned to write by reading the humorists’ work, and later writers were influenced by it. This book marks the first new collection of humor from that region published in fifteen years—and the first fresh selection of sketches and tales to appear in over forty years. Thomas Inge and Ed Piacentino bring their knowledge of and fondness for this genre to a collection that reflects the considerable body of scholarship that has been published on its major figures and the place of the movement in American literary history. They breathe new life into the subject, gathering a new selection of texts and adding Twain—the only major American author to contribute to and emerge from the movement—as well as several recently identified humorists. All of the major writers are represented, from Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to Thomas Bangs Thorpe, as well as a great many lesser-known figures like Hamilton C. Jones, Joseph M. Field, and John S. Robb. The anthology also includes several writers only recently discovered to be a part of the tradition, such as Joseph Gault, Christopher Mason Haile, James Edward Henry, and Marcus Lafayette Byrn, and features authors previously overlooked, such as William Gilmore Simms, Ham Jones, Orlando Benedict Mayer, and Adam Summer. Selections are timely, reflecting recent trends in literary history and criticism sensitive to issues of gender, race, and ethnicity. The editors have also taken pains to seek out first printings to avoid the kinds of textual corruptions that often occur in later versions of these sketches. Southern Frontier Humor offers students and general readers alike a broad perspective and new appreciation of this singular form of writing from the Old South—and provides some chuckles along the way.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 0826272207
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
If, as some suggest, American literature began with Huckleberry Finn, then the humorists of the Old South surely helped us to shape that literature. Twain himself learned to write by reading the humorists’ work, and later writers were influenced by it. This book marks the first new collection of humor from that region published in fifteen years—and the first fresh selection of sketches and tales to appear in over forty years. Thomas Inge and Ed Piacentino bring their knowledge of and fondness for this genre to a collection that reflects the considerable body of scholarship that has been published on its major figures and the place of the movement in American literary history. They breathe new life into the subject, gathering a new selection of texts and adding Twain—the only major American author to contribute to and emerge from the movement—as well as several recently identified humorists. All of the major writers are represented, from Augustus Baldwin Longstreet to Thomas Bangs Thorpe, as well as a great many lesser-known figures like Hamilton C. Jones, Joseph M. Field, and John S. Robb. The anthology also includes several writers only recently discovered to be a part of the tradition, such as Joseph Gault, Christopher Mason Haile, James Edward Henry, and Marcus Lafayette Byrn, and features authors previously overlooked, such as William Gilmore Simms, Ham Jones, Orlando Benedict Mayer, and Adam Summer. Selections are timely, reflecting recent trends in literary history and criticism sensitive to issues of gender, race, and ethnicity. The editors have also taken pains to seek out first printings to avoid the kinds of textual corruptions that often occur in later versions of these sketches. Southern Frontier Humor offers students and general readers alike a broad perspective and new appreciation of this singular form of writing from the Old South—and provides some chuckles along the way.
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America
Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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The Publishers' Trade List Annual
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2148
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2148
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Love at First Sight
Author: Henry Curling
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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George Canterbury's Will
Author: Mrs. Henry Wood
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Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Trade Circular Annual for ...
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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