| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiv, 278 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The violence of American humor -- The painted fire of Mark Twain -- The bottled bile of Ambrose Bierce -- Ring Lardner : sad sack in the fun house -- Kurt Vonnegut : humorist in the combat zone -- Celluloid pun(ch)sters : the silent clowns -- The sound and the fury : the talking clowns -- The comics : or sick sick sick [sic] -- The black humor of the red, white, and blue -- The end of the dream or the dream of the end -- or something like that. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-268) and index. |
| Subject |
American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
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Violence in literature.
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| Added Title |
Punch lines.
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| ISBN |
1557780846: $19.95 |
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