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Author:

Rishel, Mary Ann.

Title:

Writing humor : creativity and the comic mind / Mary Ann Rishel.

Publisher:

Wayne State University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wit and humor--Authorship.
Comedy--Authorship.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-311) and index.

Contents:

Yes, you in the back row (most frequently asked questions) -- So what exactly is "humor"? -- Simple techniques for writing humor -- Concreteness -- Still nobody laughed. What then? -- Comedy -- Slapstick -- Stuck? Writer's block? -- Oh lord, oh lord, not again, not again -- Script writing -- Satire: whatever it is, I'm against it -- Irony and wit -- Grotesque (black), sick, and absurd humor -- Nonsense -- Light verse -- Parody and burlesque -- "Have you heard the one about...?" -- So, how all you guys doin' tonight? -- The literary monologue -- Ok, so who threw the tomato?

Series:

Humor in life and letters series

ISBN:

9780814329603 ((pbk. : alk. paper)
0814329608 ((pbk. : alk. paper)
9780814329597 (alk. paper)
0814329594 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)47741924

LCCN:

2001004776

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)