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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
Author: Constance Rourke
Stepping out of the darkness, the American emerges upon the stage of history as a new character, as puzzling to himself as to others. Constance Rourke's pioneering "study of the national character" examines such legendary figures as the Yankee, the backwoodsman, the minstrel singer, and the stroller to show how the popular comic imagination has ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781590170793
ISBN-10: 1590170792
Publication Date: 2/29/2004
Pages: 272
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Publisher: New York Review of Books
Book Type: Paperback
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