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The Threat.

Subjects: Threat, The (Book); Stein, Nathaniel; Wit & humor

• Source: Publishers Weekly. 11/20/2023, Vol. 270 Issue 47, p61-61. 1/5p.

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Quietly Hostile.

• Authors : KEAN, VERA; PHUNG, RYAN; JURIS, CAROLYN

Subjects: Quietly Hostile: Essays (Book); Irby, Samantha; Humor in literature

• Source: Publishers Weekly. 10/2/2023, Vol. 270 Issue 40, p86-86. 1/3p. 1 Color Photograph.

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THE BEST MEDICINE.

• Authors : Sippie, Josh

Subjects: Humor in literature; Wit & humor; Authorship

• Source: Writer (Madavor Media). Aug2021, Vol. 134 Issue 8, p22-25. 4p. 2 Color Photographs.

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Gertrude Stein and the Domestication of Genius in The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas.

• Authors : DOYLE, NORA

Subjects: AUTOBIOGRAPHY of Alice B. Toklas, The (Book); STEIN, Gertrude, 1874-1946; AUTOBIOGRAPHY

• Source: Feminist Studies. 2018, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p43-69. 27p.

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Spring 2003 Hardcovers: Humor.

• Authors : Riippa, Laurele; Dahlin, Robert; Frederick, Heather

Subjects: HUMOR in literatureFUNNY Letters From Famous People (Book); HOW to Rule the World (Book); ENCYCLOPEDIA of Stupidity, The (Book)

• Source: Publishers Weekly. 1/27/2003, Vol. 250 Issue 4, p166. 2p.

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Jokes Review.

• Authors : Hart, Melissa

Subjects: *AUTHOR-editor relationships; *WIT & humor in literature; *FICTION writing

• Source: Writer (Madavor Media). Feb2022, Vol. 135 Issue 2, p8-9. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

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An "unseemly joke".

• Authors : Anderson, Emily¹

Subjects: Blasting & Bombardiering (Book); Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957; Memoirs

• Source: Journal of Modern Literature. Winter2022, Vol. 45 Issue 2, p34-51. 18p.

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South Dakota Laughter.

Subjects: *HUMOR in literature; *WIT & humorSOUTH Dakota Magazine (Periodical)HOLTZMANN, Roger; WITTENHAGEN, Jim

• Source: South Dakota Magazine. Mar/Apr2015, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p101-111. 11p.

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Great minds think alike.

• Authors : RAINE, CRAIG

Subjects: HUMOR in literature; MCEWAN, Ian, 1942-; LAUGHTER

• Source: TLS. Times Literary Supplement. 9/29/2023, Issue 6287, p27-27. 1/2p.

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Critical Readings: The Function of Humor in George Orwell's Animal Farm.

• Authors : Evans, Robert C.

Subjects: Animal Farm (Book : Orwell); Orwell, George, 1903-1950; Comedy

• Source: Critical Insights: Animal Farm. 2018, p180-194. 15p.

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Stupidity, Intellect, and Hierarchy in Lawrence and Huxley.

• Authors : Parkes, Adam (AUTHOR)

Subjects: LAWRENCE, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930; HUXLEY, Aldous, 1894-1963; ARISTOCRACY (Social class) in literature

• Source: Twentieth Century Literature (Duke University Press). Dec2021, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p1-28. 28p.

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Winnie-the-Pooh at 90.

• Authors : WALTHER, MATTHEW (AUTHOR)

Subjects: WINNIE-The-Pooh (Book); HOUSE at Pooh Corner, The (Book); MILNE, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956

• Source: National Review. 1/23/2017, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p22-23. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.

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Titius in Tibullus' Elegy 1.4.

• Authors : Tzounakas, Spyridon¹

Subjects: Names in literature; Latin poetry; Tibullus, ca. 55 B.C.-19 B.C.

• Source: Mnemosyne. 2021, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p523-530. 8p.

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Excerpts from "A Raving Socrates: Poe and the Grotesque Truth of Humor".

• Authors : Thompson, G. R.¹

Subjects: Authors; Humor in literature; Satire

• Source: Edgar Allan Poe Review. Spring2019, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p126-143. 18p.

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Hawthorne's Serio-Comic Muse in "My Kinsman, Major Molineux."

• Authors : Piacentino, Ed¹ (AUTHOR)

Subjects: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; Scarlet Letter, The (Book : Hawthorne); Blithedale Romance, The (Book : Hawthorne)

• Source: Nathaniel Hawthorne Review. Fall2013, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p78-104. 27p.

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"Legitimate Strokes of Humor" in Hawthorne's Early Picaresque Tales.

• Authors : Petersheim, Steven¹ (AUTHOR)

Subjects: Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864; Story Teller, The (Book : Hawthorne); Twice-Told Tales (Book)

• Source: Nathaniel Hawthorne Review. Fall2013, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p60-77. 18p.

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The Flavors of Monks' Poetry: On a Witty Disparagement and Its Influences.

• Authors : Protass, Jason

Subjects: METAPHOR in literature; HUMOR in literature; BUDDHIST poetry

• Source: Journal of the American Oriental Society. Jan-Mar2021, Vol. 141 Issue 1, p125-150. 26p.

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Caps for Sale.

• Authors : Hagan, Molly

Subjects: Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys & Their Monkey Business (Book); Slobodkina, Esphyr; Children's literary criticism

• Source: Critical Survey of Children's Literature: Plot Summaries. 5/1/2022, p7-2. 2p.

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"Through Our Laughter We Are Involved": Bergsonian Humor in Flannery O'Connor's Fiction.

• Authors : Steed, J. P.¹; May, Charles E.²

Subjects: Criticism; Short story (Literary form); Fiction

• Source: Critical Insights: Flannery O'Connor. 2011, p175-189. 15p.

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Saul Bellow's Ravelstein and the Graying of American Humor.

• Authors : Cohen, Sarah Blacher¹; Chavkin, Allan²

Subjects: Bellow, Saul, 1915-2005; Ravelstein (Book : Bellow); Books

• Source: Critical Insights: Saul Bellow. 2011, p300-311. 12p.

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LOS CUENTOS DE IBN 'ASIM (M. 1426): PRECEDENTES EN LA PENÍNSULA IBÉRICA DE RELATOS ESPAÑOLES Y DEL FOLCLORE UNIVERSAL EN EL SIGLO XV.

• Authors : López Bernal, Desirée

Subjects: HADA'IQ al-azahir (Book); IBN 'Asim, Abu Bakr; HUMOR in literature

• Source: Hispanic Review. Autumn2017, Vol. 85 Issue 4, p419-440. 22p.

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Hemingway's Requiem for Battle Fields: "Atomic Jokes" after Hiroshima/Nagasaki in Across the River and into the Trees.

• Authors : Yanagisawa, Hideo

Subjects: ACROSS the River & Into the Trees (Book); HEMINGWAY, Ernest, 1899-1961; ATOMIC bomb

• Source: Hemingway Review. Fall2017, Vol. 37 Issue 1, p18-35. 18p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Illustrations.

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James McBride's The Good Lord Bird: Assessments by Early Reviewers.

• Authors : Jeans, Kelley

Subjects: Good Lord Bird, The (Book); McBride, James, 1957-; Brown, John, 1800-1859

• Source: Critical Insights: James McBride. 2018, p172-186. 15p.

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Anthony Burgess.

• Authors : Szeman, Sherri

Subjects: Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993; 20th century British authors; Clockwork Orange, A (Book : Burgess)

• Source: Critical Survey of World Literature. 2017, p453-462. 10p.

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Douglas Adams.

• Authors : Walker, Steven C.

Subjects: Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001; Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book series; Science fiction writing

• Source: Critical Survey of World Literature. 2017, p15-21. 7p.

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