Snark
Subtitle: a polemic in seven fits
By: David Denby
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781416599456
Subjects: Social aspects; Invective; Wit and humor; Humor
Description: A New Yorker film critic and author of American Sucker evaluates the cultural consequences of snide and sarcastic language that has become pervasive in today's political, entertainment, and other public arenas, in an assessment that cites the importance of developing true wit instead of insult-based forms of communication.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-125).
Table of contents: title: The first fit: the republic of snark; title: The second fit: a brief, highly intermittent history of snark, part 1; title: The third fit: a brief, highly intermittent history of snark, part 2; title: The fourth fit: anatomy of a style; title: The fifth fit: the conscience of a snarker; title: The sixth fit: Maureen Dowd; title: The seventh fit: what is not snark.