Nonsense Novels
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (518 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1532916035 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 140 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Best buy in comic reading ever! Where do I begin to describe the absolutely astonishing quality of Leacock's work? I first heard of Stephen Leacock when reading a book about the Marx brothers. It seems Groucho was on a train, and happened to pass the room of Jack Benny (who was traveling with them, working on the same vaudeville circuit. Groucho heard Benny screaming wi. Some sense in Nonsense Wit is often not associated with the academe. Therefore it is a suprise to see such wit in Stephen Leacock. As a professor of Economics at McGill University in the mid 20th century, Leacock was counted among Canada's greatest humorists.In the Nonsense Novels, Leacocks unleashes parodies of most literary genres: The Great Detective, the fi. Brilliant Humor from 90 Years Ago-- Still Funny & Relevant Leacock is one of a handful of literary parodists and humorists (Perelman, Benchley, Twain) whose parodies, though more or less a century old, are still laugh-out-loud funny. If you're a Sherlock Holmes fan, Leacock's "Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective" will make you chortle. If you appreciate romance novels, "Gertrude The
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He is a keen critic who, like Lewis Carroll, wraps his deeper meaning in a mantle of mirth.— The New York Times. If, in the realm of writing, it means individuality so striking as to provoke the admiration, envy and imitation of men themselves finely gifted…certainly Leacock had genius.— Robertson DaviesIt is an understatement to regard Leacock purely as a funmaker. Yes; genius. The often veiled satire of his nonsense reveals a sound philosophy. Stephen Leacock was a genius. Critics are hesitant about using this word, but if it means a capacity for imaginative creation so extraordinary as sometimes to rise above what can be produced by the conscious exertion of an unusually gifted man, that was what Leacock had
Award-winning Canadian humorist and writer Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was the author of more than 50 literary works, and between 1915 and 1925 was the most popular humorist in the English-speaking world. Leacock s life continues to be commemorated through the awarding of the Leacock Medal for Humour and with an annual literary festival in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario. Leacock s fictional wo