Category: Humor
When I have a little money, I buy books. And if any is left, I buy food and clothing.–Desiderius ErasmusThose …
Though modern readers no longer believe in the four humors of Galenic naturalism—blood, choler, melancholy, and phlegm—early modern thought found …
If, as some suggest, American literature began with Huckleberry Finn, then the humorists of the Old South surely helped us …
Training in public speaking is not a matter of externals–primarily; it is not a matter of imitation–fundamentally; it is not …
If, as some suggest, American literature began with Huckleberry Finn, then the humorists of the Old South surely helped us …
Wrangling Women is an engrossing commentary on the way women use humor in their storytelling and in their working relationships …
Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor develops an inclusive theory that integrates psychological, aesthetic, and ethical issues relating to …
, first published in 1956, is a pioneering study by the versatile and prolific scholar Franz Rosenthal (19142003), who (having …
Humor is sometimes a serious business, especially the humor of Benjamin Franklin, a master at revealing the human condition through …
The concept of ethnic, racial, and gender humor is as sensitive a subject today as it has ever been; yet …
"If you are one of that benighted handful of people who isn’t wise to Charles Osgood’s incisive and humorous look …