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UNINA9910786732203321 |
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Titolo |
Southern frontier humor [[electronic resource] ] : new approaches / / edited by Ed Piacentino |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PiacentinoEdward J. <1945-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American wit and humor - Southwest, Old - History and criticism |
American literature - Southwest, Old - History and criticism |
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism |
Southwest, Old Humor |
Southern States Humor |
Southwest, Old In literature |
Southern States In literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Henry Junius Nott and the Roots of Southern Frontier Humor; Hysterical Power: Frontier Humor and Genres of Cultural Conquest; "Bawn in a Brier-patch" and Frontier Bred: Joel Chandler Harris's Debt to the Humor of the Old South; From Swamp Doctor to Conjure Woman: Exploring "Science" and Race in Nineteenth-Century America; Sherwood Bonner and the Postbellum Legacy of Southwestern Humor; "I wa' n't bawn in de mash to be fool' by trash!": Mark Twain's "A True Story" and the Culmination of Southern Frontier Humor |
Morphing Once Again: From Jack to Simon Suggs to Aunt Lucille Anancy's Web/Sut's Stratagems: Humor, Race, and Trickery in Jamaica and the Old Southwest; Postmodern Humor ante Litteram: Self-Reflexivity, Incongruity, and Dialect in George Washington Harris's Yarns Spun; The Real Big Kill: Authenticity, Ecology, and Narrative in Southern Frontier Humor; Contributors; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since its inception in the early 1830's, southern frontier humor (also known as the humor of the Old Southwest) has had enduring appeal. |
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The onset of the new millennium precipitated an impressive rejuvenation of scholarly interest. Beyond Southern Frontier Humor: Prospects and Possibilities represents the next step in this revival, providing a series of essays with fresh perspectives and contexts. First the book shows the importance of Henry Junius Nott, a writer virtually unknown and forgotten who mined many of the principal subjects, themes, tropes, and character types associate |
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