Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The World's Wit and Humor: British
Author: The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde
Author: Oscar WildePublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486206028
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
More than 1,000 ripostes, paradoxes, wisecracks: "Work is the curse of the drinking classes," "I can resist everything except temptation," etc.
The World's Wit and Humor
Author: Lionel StracheyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
The World's Wit and Humor
Author: Lionel StracheyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A Confederacy of Dunces
Author: John Kennedy ToolePublisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802197620
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).
The Student's Handbook of British and American Literature
Author: Oliver Louis JenkinsPublisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1346
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Office for Subject Cataloging PolicyPublisher:
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Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Author: Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
The Victorian World
Author: Ginger S. FrostPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440855919
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
An introduction to the myths and realities of the history of Victorian Britain, with accompanying primary sources. While the Victorian era captivates many today, much of what people believe about the Victorian world is actually false. This book looks at nine specific myths about Victorian Britain, explaining how the myths perpetuated and then showing why they are inaccurate. Coverage spans 1830–1914, from shortly before Victoria's reign to World War I. The book is organized in three sections, beginning with social issues, then cultural ones, and ending with politics and war. The social sections pull in the reader by discussing the most common myths about the Victorians—their sexual prudery, strict gender roles, and infamous views of the family—while offering counterpoints to the myths. The cultural section moves into humor, criminal justice issues, and race, and the political section caps the book with discussions of the Industrial Revolution, foreign affairs, and war. Included are a large number of primary source documents showing how the misconceptions became popular, along with evidence for what scholars now believe to be the truths behind the myths.