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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452191603321

Autore

Thorp Willard <1899-1990.>

Titolo

American humorists [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, MN, : University of Minnesota Press, 1964

ISBN

0-8166-5243-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 p.)

Collana

University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers ; ; no. 42

Disciplina

817

Soggetti

Humorists, American

American wit and humor

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 45-48.

Nota di contenuto

American Humorists; Selected Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

AMERICANS, in the early days, imported much of their  humor and made it over. Addison and Steele were influential;  Dickens had his American imitators. Baron Munchausen's adventures  were particularly popular in this country. Many of his tales  disappeared into American folklore and rose again as transformed  American tall tales.