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American wit and humor + History and criticism
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Transcendental wordplay, America's romantic punsters and the search for the language of nature, Michael West
A cheerful nihilism;, confidence and "the absurd" in American humorous fiction
A futile and stupid gesture, how Doug Kenney and National lampoon changed comedy forever, Josh Karp
Drunk stoned brilliant dead, the writers and artists who made the National Lampoon insanely great, [compiled] by Rick Meyerowitz.
The haunted smile, the story of Jewish comedians in America, Lawrence J. Epstein
The rise and fall of American humor
The girl in the show, three generations of comedy, culture, and feminism, Anna Fields
The laugh makers;, a pictorial history of American comedians., With an introd. by Harold Lloyd
Funny women, American comediennes, 1860-1985, by Mary Unterbrink
What's so funny?, wit and humor in American children's literature, by Michael Cart
How the great comedy writers create laughter, Larry Wilde
Native American humor
America's humor, from Poor Richard to Doonesbury, Walter Blair, Hamlin Hill
Hysterical!, women in American comedy, edited by Linda Mizejewski and Victoria Sturtevant ; foreword by Kathleen Rowe Karlyn
American humor
Planet funny, how comedy took over our culture, Ken Jennings
The senses of humor, self and laughter in modern America, Daniel Wickberg
The wit and humor of colonial days
A futile and stupid gesture, how Doug Kenney and National lampoon changed comedy forever, Josh Karp
The comedians, drunks, thieves, scoundrels, and the history of American comedy, Kliph Nesteroff
The greatest pages of American humor,, selected and discussed by Stephen Leacock; a study of the rise and development of humorous writings in America with selections from the most notable of the humorists
The fine art of political wit
Is satire saving our nation?, mockery and American politics, Sophia A. McClennen and Remy M. Maisel
Going too far, Tony Hendra
The time of laughter., With a foreword by Frank Sullivan
Black humor, critical essays, [edited by] Alan R. Pratt
The great American comedy scene, William and Rhoda Cahn
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