Humor: Its Theory and Technique, with Examples and Samples; a Book of Discovery, Volumen10Dodd, Mead, 1935 - 268 páginas |
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... present environment lays a tremendous stress on rapidity , on getting things over fast ; it is a world of flickering shadows and rushing voices . Already the books of forty years ago seem strange ; booksellers call them the " classics ...
... present environment lays a tremendous stress on rapidity , on getting things over fast ; it is a world of flickering shadows and rushing voices . Already the books of forty years ago seem strange ; booksellers call them the " classics ...
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... present Church of England ) is a sin against the light . There is no need to discuss here the truth or false- hood of the Connecticut Yankee as history and as po- litical thought . It is discussed only in connection with the technique ...
... present Church of England ) is a sin against the light . There is no need to discuss here the truth or false- hood of the Connecticut Yankee as history and as po- litical thought . It is discussed only in connection with the technique ...
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... present - but they didn't write them down . When they took up their pens they were dreary enough ; the nearest they could get to fun was a Latin ana- gram or acrostic , or some such pedantic word puzzle . But most people - even the ...
... present - but they didn't write them down . When they took up their pens they were dreary enough ; the nearest they could get to fun was a Latin ana- gram or acrostic , or some such pedantic word puzzle . But most people - even the ...
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CHAPTER | 1 |
FUN WITH WORDS | 16 |
PARODY BURLESQUE AND MISTRANSLATION | 42 |
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Humor: Its Theory and Technique, with Examples and Samples; a ..., Volumen10 Stephen Leacock Vista de fragmentos - 1935 |
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