| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-218) and index. |
| Contents |
Hogarth -- Benjamin Franklin -- Dr. Johnson -- Thomas Rowlandson -- Dickens -- Toulouse-Lautrec -- G. K. Chesterson -- Damon Runyon -- W. C. Fields -- Charlie Chaplin -- Laurel and Hardy -- The Marx Brothers -- James Thurber -- Noël Coward, Nancy Mitford, and class. |
| Summary |
"In the tradition of Paul Johnson's Intellectuals, Creators, and Heroes, a new book of biographical portraits of the greatest humorists and wits in modern history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Humorists -- Biography.
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Wit and humor -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
9780061825910 |
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0061825913 |
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