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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Stein & Day Pub
Publication date December 1, 1976
Pages 206
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780812820935
ISBN-10 0812820932
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $16.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
The English novelist analyzes the writers, actors, and artists who have made his countrymen chuckle since the time of Chaucer
Amazon.com description: Product Description: English Humour Originally published in 1929 as part of the English Heritage Series, this is a fascinating book charting the progression of English humour - from great writers to Great Illustrators Priestley, the great English novelist, analyzes different facets of English humor from Chaucer, Chesterton, Shakespeare, Gilbert, et al. in this scholarly, entertaining book. Chapters: The English Character, Clowns and Comedians, Comic Art, A Gallop and A Gossip, Three Novelists, Charles Lamb, Dickens, Shakespeare. Author: John Boynton Priestley, OM (September 13, 1894, Bradford, England August 14, 1984, Stratford-upon-Avon) was an English writer and broadcaster. Priestley was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and by the age of thirty had established a reputation as a humorous writer and critic. His first major success came with a novel, The Good Companions (1929), but he became better known as a dramatist. Without doubt, his best-known play is An Inspector Calls (1946). This was later made into a film starring Alastair Sim (1954). His novel Angel Pavement (1930) further established him as a successful popular novelist, but his plays are more varied in tone, several being influenced by J.W. Dunne's theory of time, which plays a part in the plots of Dangerous Corner (1932) and Time and the Conways (1937). He married the archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes, with whom he co-wrote some minor works. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Keywords: English Humour John Boynton Priestley Shakespeare Trinity College Cambridge Stratford Upon Avon Om Book Chapters English Humor Bradford England Charles Lamb English Novelist Humorous Writer Good Companions Comic Art Inspector Calls Heritage Series Great Writers Dramatist English Heritage Chaucer

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from Stein & Day Pub (December 1, 1976)
9780812820935 | details & prices | 206 pages | List price $16.95
About: The English novelist analyzes the writers, actors, and artists who have made his countrymen chuckle since the time of Chaucer
Paperback
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from Obscure Pr (February 28, 2006)
9781846649790 | details & prices | 320 pages | List price $33.45
About: English Humour Originally published in 1929 as part of the English Heritage Series, this is a fascinating book charting the progression of English humour - from great writers to Great Illustrators Priestley, the great English novelist, analyzes different facets of English humor from Chaucer, Chesterton, Shakespeare, Gilbert, et al.

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