Humor in Life and Letters Series
Titles in the Humor in Life and Letters Series make a serious contribution to the study of humor in a variety of cultural contexts and range from books of humor to books about humor, including studies of humor in literature. The series includes a mix of monographs, edited collections, and reprints. We are not currently accepting submissions for this series.
The Comedian as Confidence Man
Studies in Irony Fatigue
In this lively and fascinating analysis of humorists and their work, Will Kaufman breaks new ground with his irony fatigue theory.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814346792
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814346808
AWARDWINNER
Understanding Humor in Japan
A comprehensive look at the customary differences between humor in Japan and the West, providing cultural examples and illustrative terminology in the original Japanese.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814331651
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814340912
Performing Marginality
Humor, Gender, and Cultural Critique
A rhetorical analysis of female stand-up comics that explores the relationships among humor, gender, and power in contemporary culture.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814328033
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337448
Writing Humor
Creativity and the Comic Mind
Learn how to expand the humor in your imagination into the most fulfilling and fun-filled genres in creative writing—from comedy to a satirical essay to a joke monologue—with the help of Writing Humor, the first textbook of its kind for college students.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814329603
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814329597
Laughing Feminism
Subversive Comedy in Frances Burney, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen
An examination of comedy and feminism in the works of early women British novelists.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814330548
Humor in Borges
Humor in Borges studies the humor embedded in the fiction of the serious and metaphysical literary figure, Jorge Luis Borges.
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814328880
The Humor Prism in 20th Century American Society
The Humor Prism in Twentieth-Century America explores to what extent and in what ways American humor in the twentieth century reflects history.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814325971
Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded
Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire
Anyone who has ever filled in a form in triplicate, taken an aptitude test, or been rebuffed by a form letter will appreciate the urban folklore found in this collection.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814324325
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337417
Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing
Still More Urban Folklore from the Paperwork Empire
Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing documents the thriving folklore tradition that circulates in the workplace.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814323588
Hardback
ISBN: 9780814323571
eBOOK
ISBN: 9780814337400
Jewish Wry
Essays on Jewish Humor
Jewish Wry examines the development of Jewish humor in a series of essays on topics that range from Sholom Aleichem's humor to Jewish comediennes through to the humor of Philip Roth.
Paperback
ISBN: 9780814323663