Humor: Its Theory and Technique, with Examples and Samples; a Book of Discovery, Volumen10Dodd, Mead, 1935 - 268 páginas |
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... humor of all ages , and far too much of our own , par- takes of it . The original humor was expressed by actions , not by words . It was , and is , represented by progressive gradations as victory , cruelty , teasing , horsesplay , haz ...
... humor of all ages , and far too much of our own , par- takes of it . The original humor was expressed by actions , not by words . It was , and is , represented by progressive gradations as victory , cruelty , teasing , horsesplay , haz ...
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... humor , not the in- forming spirit which is its essence . Beyond the verbal effects of jangling syllables and misused words is the higher stage of the humor of character , turning on the contrasts of incongruities that make up " queer ...
... humor , not the in- forming spirit which is its essence . Beyond the verbal effects of jangling syllables and misused words is the higher stage of the humor of character , turning on the contrasts of incongruities that make up " queer ...
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... humor of modern France , at its height with Alphonse Daudet . Tartarin de Tarascon is unsur- passed as a creation , and the chronicle of his deeds unsurpassed in execution . But humor defies transla- tion . Turn it literally from ...
... humor of modern France , at its height with Alphonse Daudet . Tartarin de Tarascon is unsur- passed as a creation , and the chronicle of his deeds unsurpassed in execution . But humor defies transla- tion . Turn it literally from ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
FUN WITH WORDS | 16 |
PARODY BURLESQUE AND MISTRANSLATION | 42 |
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