LEADER 03481nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910786732203321 005 20230803025928.0 010 $a1-62103-938-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000353673 035 $a(EBL)1113438 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000204122 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1113438 035 $a(OCoLC)823014166 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25717 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1113438 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10694070 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL484513 035 $a(OCoLC)850196132 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000353673 100 $a20121227d2013 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aSouthern frontier humor$b[electronic resource] $enew approaches /$fedited by Ed Piacentino 210 $aJackson $cUniversity Press of Mississippi$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-61703-768-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aMorphing 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; 330 $aSince its inception in the early 1830's, southern frontier humor (also known as the humor of the Old Southwest) has had enduring appeal. 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 606 $aAmerican wit and humor$zSouthwest, Old$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$zSouthwest, Old$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$zSouthern States$xHistory and criticism 607 $aSouthwest, Old$vHumor 607 $aSouthern States$vHumor 607 $aSouthwest, Old$xIn literature 607 $aSouthern States$xIn literature 615 0$aAmerican wit and humor$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a817.009/976 701 $aPiacentino$b Edward J.$f1945-$01462982 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786732203321 996 $aSouthern frontier humor$93672147 997 $aUNINA