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Author:
Geary, James, 1962- author.
Title:
Wit's end : what wit is, how it works, and why we need it / James Geary.
Publisher:
Brilliance Audio,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
4 audio discs (approximately 5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Wit and humor--History and criticism.
Audiobooks.
Other Authors:
Metzger, Janet, narrator.
Jackson, JD, narrator.
De Vries, David, 1958- narrator.
Notes:
Unabridged. Read by Janet Metzger, JD Jackson, David De Vries.
Summary:
James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual, there's the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of inventors, the optical wit of artists, and the metaphysical wit of philosophers.
ISBN:
1978632185
9781978632189
Locations:
CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

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