American humorists / by Willard Thorp.

AMERICANS, in the early days, imported much of their humor and made it over. Addison and Steele were influential; Dickens had his American imitators. Baron Munchausen's adventures were particularly popular in this country. Many of his tales disappeared into American folklore and rose again as t...

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Main Author: Thorp, Willard, 1899-1990
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©1964.
Series:University of Minnesota pamphlets on American writers ; no. 42.
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