[PDF.81us] American Humor: A Study of the National Character (New York Review Books Classics)

American Humor: A Study of the National Character (New York Review Books Classics)

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 | #223772 in Books |  NYRB Classics |  2004-02-29 |  2004-02-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.97 x.64 x4.98l,.61 | File type: PDF | 258 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A good one for any serious student of American culture|By T. Burrows|In this critical study, Rourke ranges far and wide across the landscape of American culture, from the post-colonial beginnings of an identifiable American culture up to the 1920s. Her focus is on humor, but only loosely, as she emphasizes the importance of humor in relation to her real topic: the development| |"The most original piece of investigation and interpretation that has appeared in American cultural history. It is in every way a brilliant book." — Lewis Mumford|About the Author|Constance Rourke (1885-1941) was a h

Stepping out of the darkness, the American emerges upon the stage of history as a new character, as puzzling to himself as to others. American Humor, Constance Rourke's pioneering "study of the national character," singles out the archetypal figures of the Yankee peddler, the backwoodsman, and the blackface minstrel to illuminate the fundamental role of popular culture in fashioning a distinctive American sensibility. A memorable performance in its own right, A...

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