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ISBN 10: 0061825913
ISBN 13: 9780061825910
Author: Paul Johnson
“It is Johnson’s gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes.” —Washington Post Book World on Heroes “Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough.” —Wall Street Journal Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world’s greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history’s sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson’s Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.
Table of contents:
CHAPTER ONE HOGARTH THE GRAND OLD MASTER OF CHAOS
CHAPTER TWO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOUNDING FATHER OF AMERICAN LAUGHS
CHAPTER THREE DR. JOHNSON MELANCHOLY MERRIMENT
CHAPTER FOUR THOMAS ROWLANDSON BOTTOMS UP!
CHAPTER FIVE DICKENS NOTHING SO ODD AS LIFE
CHAPTER SIX TOULOUSE-LAUTREC MASTER-MONSTER
CHAPTER SEVEN G. K. CHESTERTON A LIVING, TALKING GARGOYLE
CHAPTER EIGHT DAMON RUNYON GUYS, DOLLS, AND THE PUPPET MASTER
CHAPTER NINE W. C. FIELDS THE DONG WITH THE LUMINOUS NOSE
CHAPTER TEN CHARLIE CHAPLIN SUPPLE, SUBTLE, AND SENTIMENTAL
CHAPTER ELEVEN LAUREL AND HARDY ERA OF GOOD FOOLING
CHAPTER TWELVE THE MARX BROTHERS SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN JAMES THURBER RAISING A LAUGH BY ACCIDENT
CHAPTER FOURTEEN NOËL COWARD, NANCY MITFORD, AND CLASS
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