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Author Inge, M. Thomas.

Title Perspectives on American culture : essays on humor, literature, and the popular arts / M. Thomas Inge.

Imprint West Cornwall, CT : Locust Hill Press, 1994.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  810.9 I45P    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 276 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Locust Hill literary studies ; no. 16
Locust Hill literary studies ; no. 16.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Form Also issued online.
Contents pt. 1. Comic Perspectives. Humor in the United States. Washington Irving's Agrarian Fable. Thoreau's Enduring Laugh. Humor in Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales -- pt. 2. Popular Perspectives. The Study of Popular Culture. Melville as Popular Culture. Mark Twain in the Comics. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Popular Culture in the Depression Era. Walt Disney's American Dream. The Great Gatsby as the Great American Novel. Edward Albee's Love Story. James Baldwin's Blues. The American Comic Book. Davy, Huck, Clark, and Ollie: "A Hero in Our Eyes" -- pt. 3. International Perspectives. Miguel de Unamuno's Canciones on American Literature. Yoknapatawpha on the Don: Faulkner and Sholokhov. Faulkner and Mo Yan: Influences and Confluences. Lady Murasaki and the Craft of Fiction -- Checklist of Publications / M. Thomas Inge.
Subject American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
Popular culture -- United States.
American wit and humor. (OCoLC)fst00807457
Popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01071344
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Humor (DE-588)4026170-0
Internationaler Vergleich (DE-588)4120509-1
Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5
Volkskultur (DE-588)4063849-2
United States (DE-588)4078704-7
United States.
Indexed Term American History and criticism
Popular United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
Other Form: Online version: Inge, M. Thomas. Perspectives on American culture. West Cornwall, CT : Locust Hill Press, 1994 (OCoLC)624452000
ISBN 0933951590 (acid-free paper)
9780933951594 (acid-free paper)
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