The American humorist: conscience of the twentieth century.
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Iowa State University Press
[1964]
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| 100 | 1 | |a Yates, Norris Wilson. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The American humorist: conscience of the twentieth century. |
| 246 | 3 | |a Conscience of the twentieth century. | |
| 260 | |a Ames, |b Iowa State University Press |c [1964] | ||
| 300 | |a 410 p. |b illus. |c 22 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 363-391) | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a American wit and humor |y 20th century |x History and criticism. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a American wit and humor |x History and criticism. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2 fast | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Yates, Norris Wilson. |t American humorist: conscience of the twentieth century. |d Ames, Iowa State University Press [1964] |w (OCoLC)575137263 |
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