| Description |
xviii, 161 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"All of the essays in this book except one were previously published in substantially the same form in the American quarterly, spring 1985, volume xxxvii, number 1"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : American humor / Arthur Power Dudden -- English satire and Connecticut wit / Peter M. Briggs -- The importance of Mark Twain / Alan Gribben -- The record of political humor / Arthur Power Dudden -- What's so funny about the comics? / M. Thomas Inge -- Standup comedy as social and cultural mediations / Lawrence E. Mintz -- Ethnic humor : subversion and survival / Joseph Boskin and Joseph Dorinson -- Humor and gender roles : the funny feminism of the post-World War Two suburbs / Nancy Walker -- Richard Nixon as a comic figure / Stephen J. Whitfield. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
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| Indexed Term |
Humour in English American writers, to 1977 - Critical studies |
| Added Author |
Dudden, Arthur Power, 1921-2009
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Briggs, Peter M.
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| Added Title |
American quarterly.
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| ISBN |
0195042123 alkaline paper |
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