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410 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 363-391). |
| Contents |
Part I: Genteel humor and some history -- Humor in the nineties -- The decline of the common man -- John Kendrick Bangs, university wit -- Part II: Crackerbarrel survivals -- George Ade, student of "success" -- Mr. Dooley of Archey Road -- Kin Hubbard of Brown County, Indiana -- The crackerbarrel sage in the west and south: Will Rogers and Irvin S. Cobb -- Part III: "Sophisticated" skeptics -- Innocence and change, 1910-1920 -- The two masks of H.L. Mencken -- The isolated man of Ring Lardner -- The many masks of Don marquis -- Part V: Creators of the little man -- The "genial middle ground" -- Life with Clarence Day, Jr. -- Robert Benchley's normal bumbler -- Dorothy Parker's idle men and women -- James Thurber's little man and liberal citizen -- E.B. White, "farmer/other" -- Will Cuppy: the wise fool as pedant -- The sane psychoses of S.J. Peleman. Some questions. |
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American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
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American wit and humor. (OCoLC)fst00807457
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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