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Humorists from Hogarth to Noël Coward

Paul Johnson 1928-

Localização: FEA - Fac. Econ. Adm. Contab. e Atuária ACERVO DELFIM NETTO (C3.18.14 )(Acessar)

Título:
Humorists from Hogarth to Noël Coward
Autor: Paul Johnson 1928-
Assuntos: Humorists -- Biography; Wit and humor -- History and criticism; HUMOR; BIOGRAFIAS
Notas: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index
Descrição: Hogarth : the grand old master of chaos -- Benjamin Franklin : founding father of American laughs -- Dr. Johnson : melancholy merriment -- Thomas Rowlandson : bottoms up! -- Dickens : nothing so odd as life -- Toulouse-Lautrec : master-monster -- G.K. Chesterton : a living, talking gargoyle -- Damon Runyon : guys, dolls, and the puppet master -- W.C. Fields : the dong with the luminous nose -- Charlie Chaplin : supple, subtle, and sentimental -- Laurel and Hardy : era of good fooling -- The Marx Brothers : second law of thermodynamics -- James Thurber : raising a laugh by accident -- Noël Coward, Nancy Mitford, and class
"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"
Editor: New York, NY Harper
Data de criação/publicação: c2010
Formato: xxvii, 228 p illustrations 22 cm.
Idioma: Inglês

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