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Author : Julie Ann Wilhelm
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Funny Business of 19th-century Sentimentalism written by Julie Ann Wilhelm and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. Dowling
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230117082
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Business of Literary Circles in Nineteenth-Century America written by D. Dowling and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-31 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive study ranges from Irving's Knickerbockers, Emerson's Transcendentalists, and Garrison's abolitionists to the popular serial fiction writers for Robert Bonner's New York Ledger to unearth surprising convergences between such seemingly disparate circles.
Author : Elliott Oring
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252092058
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Engaging Humor written by Elliott Oring and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the structure, motives, and meanings of humor in everyday life In Engaging Humor, Elliott Oring asks essential questions concerning humorous expression in contemporary society, examining how humor works, why it is employed, and what its messages might be. This provocative book is filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humor to be a meaningful--even significant--form of expression. Oring scrutinizes classic Jewish jokes, frontier humor, racist cartoons, blonde jokes, and Internet humor. He provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts--not just their contents. He also shows how the incongruity and absurdity essential to the production of laughter can serve serious communicative ends. Engaging Humor examines the thoughts that underlie jokes, the question of racist motivation in ethnic humor, and the use of humor as a commentary on social interaction. The book also explores the relationship between humor and sentimentality and the role of humor in forging national identity. Engaging Humor demonstrates that when analyzed contextually and comparatively, humorous expressions emerge as communications that are startling, intriguing, and profound.
Author : Gregg Camfield
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1512807133
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Sentimental Twain written by Gregg Camfield and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2016-11-11 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sentimental Twain, Gregg Camfield examines the major and minor works of Mark Twain to redraw the boundaries between sentimentalism and realism in the second half of the nineteenth century. Beginning by taking the reactions to the question of race in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a test case, Camfield reveals that sentimental ethics persist, though buried, in American culture, and he argues that Americans' ambivalent responses to sentimentalism explain some of the continuing controversy surrounding Mark Twain's work. Specifically, he contends, insofar as the liberal agenda remains substantially sentimental—especially when dealing with issues of race—today's readers of Twain participate in the same dialectic between sentimental compassion and realistic cynicism that Twain himself confronted. Camfield then traces the cultural development of this ethical dialectic and follows Mark Twain's reactions to it, showing that Twain was a closet sentimentalist whose public attacks on sentimentalism veiled a deep longing for a more compassionate world. Throughout, Sentimental Twain is grounded in a discussion of philosophical contexts of nineteenth-century American sentimental literature, paying particular attention to the Scottish Common Sense philosophers but looking forward to the Pragmatism of William James.
Author : Eric L. Haralson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131776322X
Total Pages : 867 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century written by Eric L. Haralson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 867 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century contains over 400 entries that treat a broad range of individual poets and poems, along with many articles devoted to topics, schools, or periods of American verse in the century. Entries fall into three main categories: poet entries, which provide biographical and cultural contexts for the author's career; entries on individual works, which offer closer explication of the most resonant poems in the 20th-century canon; and topical entries, which offer analyses of a given period of literary production, school, thematically constructed category, or other verse tradition that historically has been in dialogue with the poetry of the United States.
Author : David Monod
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501703986
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Soul of Pleasure written by David Monod and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Show business is today so essential to American culture it's hard to imagine a time when it was marginal. But as David Monod demonstrates, the appetite for amusements outside the home was not "natural": it developed slowly over the course of the nineteenth century. The Soul of Pleasure offers a new interpretation of how the taste for entertainment was cultivated. Monod focuses on the shifting connection between the people who built successful popular entertainments and the public who consumed them. Show people discovered that they had to adapt entertainment to the moral outlook of Americans, which they did by appealing to sentiment.The Soul of Pleasure explores several controversial forms of popular culture—minstrel acts, burlesques, and saloon variety shows—and places them in the context of changing values and perceptions. Far from challenging respectability, Monod argues that entertainments reflected and transformed the audience's ideals. In the mid-nineteenth century, sentimentality not only infused performance styles and the content of shows but also altered the expectations of the theatergoing public. Sentimental entertainment depended on sensational effects that produced surprise, horror, and even gales of laughter. After the Civil War the sensational charge became more important than the sentimental bond, and new forms of entertainment gained in popularity and provided the foundations for vaudeville, America’s first mass entertainment. Ultimately, it was American entertainment’s variety that would provide the true soul of pleasure.
Author : J.R. LeMaster
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135881359
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain written by J.R. LeMaster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A model reference work that can be used with profit and delight by general readers as well as by more advanced students of Twain. Highly recommended." - Library Journal The Routledge Encyclopedia of Mark Twain includes more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries that cover a full variety of topics on this major American writer's life, intellectual milieu, literary career, and achievements. Because so much of Twain's travel narratives, essays, letters, sketches, autobiography, journalism and fiction reflect his personal experience, particular attention is given to the delicate relationship between art and life, between artistic interpretations and their factual source. This comprehensive resource includes information on: Twain’s life and times: the author's childhood in Missouri and apprenticeship as a riverboat pilot, early career as a journalist in the West, world travels, friendships with well-known figures, reading and education, family life and career Complete Works: including novels, travel narratives, short stories, sketches, burlesques, and essays Significant characters, places, and landmarks Recurring concerns, themes or concepts: such as humor, language; race, war, religion, politics, imperialism, art and science Twain’s sources and influences. Useful for students, researchers, librarians and teachers, this volume features a chronology, a special appendix section tracking the poet's genealogy, and a thorough index. Each entry also includes a bibliography for further study.
Author : Potsdam Public Museum (Potsdam, N.Y.)
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738536507
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Potsdam, NY written by Potsdam Public Museum (Potsdam, N.Y.) and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red sandstone, lumber, paper, cows, and college students feature prominently in Potsdam. With its selection of two hundred stunning photographs, the book records aspects of life in Potsdam from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s. Located on the Racquette River between the St. Lawrence River and the Adirondack Mountains, the town is one often that were created in 1787 to promote settlement of New York State. Education has played an important role in Potsdam since 1816, when St. Lawrence Academy opened. The success of the academy led to the establishment in 1866 of a normal school, the forerunner of Potsdam College, with its renowned Crane School of Music.
Author : John Cullen Gruesser
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501334530
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Edgar Allan Poe and His Nineteenth-Century American Counterparts written by John Cullen Gruesser and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Patrick F. Quinn Award for the best book on Poe (awarded by the Poe Studies Association) Edgar Allan Poe and His Nineteenth-Century American Counterparts addresses Poe's connections with, critical assessments of, borrowings from, and effect on his literary peers. It situates Poe within his own time and place, paying particular attention to his interactions with, and impact on, figures such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Harriet Jacobs, and Pauline Hopkins. John Cullen Gruesser rebuts myths that continue to cling to Poe, demonstrates Poe's ability to transform themes he encountered in the works of his literary contemporaries into great literature, and establishes the profound influence of Poe's invention of detective fiction on nineteenth-century American writers.
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Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Studies in American Humor written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : María Ruiz de Burton
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Who Would Have Thought It? written by María Ruiz de Burton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: María Ruiz de Burton's novel 'Who Would Have Thought It?' is a groundbreaking work that delves into issues of race, identity, and social class in post-Civil War America. Written in the unique style of a roman à clef, the book challenges traditional literary conventions through its critique of American society and its exploration of the complexities of cultural hybridity. Set against the backdrop of a changing nation, the novel offers a powerful commentary on the experiences of Mexican Americans during a time of upheaval and transformation. With its intricate narrative structure and thought-provoking themes, 'Who Would Have Thought It?' stands as a testament to Ruiz de Burton's innovative approach to storytelling and her commitment to shedding light on the marginalized voices of her time. María Ruiz de Burton's own background as a Mexican American woman living in the 19th century undoubtedly influenced her decision to write a novel that confronts issues of prejudice and discrimination. Her unique perspective and personal experiences bring a sense of authenticity to the narrative, making 'Who Would Have Thought It?' a compelling and enlightening read for anyone interested in exploring the complexities of identity and social justice in historical fiction.
Author : Al Franken
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0440508649
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations written by Al Franken and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Move over P.J. O'Rourke! From Al Franken, America's premier liberal satirist, comes a hilarious homage to the wonderful, awful, and always absurd American political process that skewers a whole new crop of presidential hopefuls--just in time for the 1996 presidential election. "(Franken is) responsible in part for some of the most brilliant political satire of our time".--John Podhoretz, New York Post.
Author : Bethany Chase
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0804179425
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The One That Got Away written by Bethany Chase and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner, this bright, funny debut from a fresh voice in fiction offers a delicious take on love, family, and what it means to build a home of one’s own. Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down: a growing architecture practice in Austin, Texas, and an any-day-now proposal from her loving boyfriend, Noah. She’s well on her way to having the family she’s hoped for since her mother’s death ten years ago. But with Noah on a temporary assignment abroad and retired Olympic swimmer—and former flame—Eamon Roy back in town asking her to renovate his new fixer-upper, Sarina’s life takes an unexpected turn. Eamon proves to be Sarina’s dream client, someone who instinctively trusts every one of her choices—and Sarina is reminded of all the reasons she was first drawn to him back in the day. Suddenly her carefully planned future with Noah seems a little less than perfect. And when tragedy strikes, Sarina is left reeling. With her world completely upended, she is forced to question what she truly wants in life—and in love. Full of both humor and heartbreak, The One That Got Away is the story of one woman’s discovery that, sometimes, life is what happens when you leave the blueprints behind. Praise for The One That Got Away “A warm, witty, and wise novel, The One That Got Away announces the arrival of a great new voice in fiction.”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only “Love can be complicated, and in The One That Got Away, Bethany Chase captures every nuanced beat of a conflicted heart. An authentic and warm voice infuses this story of humor, heartbreak, and home. While Sarina finds her way, we as readers might also find a way back to our own unique lives.”—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of And Then I Found You “This perfectly paced story is full of fresh, engaging characters, but Chase’s greatest accomplishment is Sarina Mahler. Sarina is so human, her inner world such a compelling mix of guarded and open-hearted, confident and faltering, that—through every loss, every funny moment, every blazing triumph—I felt completely with her and grateful to be there.”—Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of Falling Together “[A] sparkling debut [that] packs serious emotional punches . . . This utterly enjoyable romance will have readers swooning, sobbing, and eagerly anticipating Chase’s next book.”—Kirkus Reviews
Author : Tim Brooks
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476676763
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Blackface Minstrel Show in Mass Media written by Tim Brooks and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The minstrel show occupies a complex and controversial space in the history of American popular culture. Today considered a shameful relic of America's racist past, it nonetheless offered many black performers of the 19th and early 20th centuries their only opportunity to succeed in a white-dominated entertainment world, where white performers in blackface had by the 1830s established minstrelsy as an enduringly popular national art form. This book traces the often overlooked history of the "modern" minstrel show through the advent of 20th century mass media--when stars like Al Jolson, Bing Crosby and Mickey Rooney continued a long tradition of affecting black music, dance and theatrical styles for mainly white audiences--to its abrupt end in the 1950s. A companion two-CD reissue of recordings discussed in the book is available from Archeophone Records at www.archeophone.com.
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Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book The Sketch written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harriet Lummis Smith
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale written by Harriet Lummis Smith and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale is a romance novel authored by American author Harriet Lummis Smith. The book portrays a woman's journey through societal expectations and self-realization, offering readers a glance into the complexities of navigating life and love. The narrative structure and character development present a relatable protagonist who resonates with readers, making the book a delight to read.
Author : Ed Zwick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668046997
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)
Download or read book Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions written by Ed Zwick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show Thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood"--
