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Zall, Paul M

 
9780813123714: Benjamin Franklin's Humor
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ISBN 10: 0813123712 ISBN 13: 9780813123714
Editorial: The University Press of Kentucky, 2005

Sinopsis

Humor is sometimes a serious business, especially the humor of Benjamin Franklin, a master at revealing the human condition through comedy. For the country's bicentennial, Reader's Digest named Franklin "Man of the Year" for embodying the characteristics we admire most about ourselves as Americans -- humor, irony, energy, and fresh insight. Recreating Franklin's words in the way that his contemporaries would have read and understood them, Paul M. Zall chronicles Franklin's use (and abuse) of humor for commercial, diplomatic, and political purposes. Dedicated to the uniquely appealing and enduring humor of Benjamin Franklin, Zall lovingly samples Franklin's apologues on the necessity of living reasonably even when life's circumstances may seem absurd.

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Acerca del autor

Paul M. Zall is professor emeritus of American studies at California State University at Los Angeles. He is a former senior researcher at the Huntington Library in Pasadena, California, and is the editor of Franklin on Franklin, Lincoln on Lincoln, Washington on Washington, and Jefferson on Jefferson. He lives in South Pasadena, California.

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Editorial
The University Press of Kentucky
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0813123712
ISBN 13 
9780813123714
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
200
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