The rise and fall of American humor.
Edition: [1st ed.]
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 506
Subjects: American wit and humor -- History and criticism.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [479]-490.
Table of contents: title: Early American humor; title: “Southwestern” humor; title: “Literary comedians”: The Civil War and reconstruction; title: Mark Twain; title: Intercentury humor; title: Interwar humor; title: Modern American humor; title: Humor in selected major American writers; title: American and foreign humor; title: Conclusion.