Hello all,

You can find the full Table of Contents here:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/studamerhumor.4.2.issue-2

and information on the journal at our website:

https://studiesinamericanhumor.org

Best,

Tracy Wuster
Executive Director, AHSA

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 3:23 PM Larry Howe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Dear Twain Forum members--=0A=
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> The editorial team of _Studies in American Humor_ is happy to announce
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> ication of a special issue:   _Mark Twain, Satire, and "The Assault of
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> If you attended the Elmira conference in 2017 you may have heard earlier
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> rsions of these critical considerations.  We're delighted to have the
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> Before listing the tantalizing titles of the essays in the Table of
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> s (below), we also want to call attention to a new feature that will
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> in the next issue (5.1 Spring 2019) called "On Second Thought."  This is
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> r attempt to foster a dialogue between our contributors and our equally
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> ightful readers, and we'll be printing responses to any and all of the
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>  contained in the special issue from readers like you.  We expect this to
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> et traction with the Mark Twain special issue and be a regular feature
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> g forward.  We know that you're a group with a lot to say, so let's hear
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> SPECIAL ISSUE: MARK TWAIN, SATIRE, AND THE =93ASSAULT OF LAUGHTER=94=0A=
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> 1.  Comic Assaults and Somersaults: An Introduction (pp. 137-143)=0A=
> Judith Yaross Lee=0A=
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> 2.  WTF Is Laughter to Mark Twain? (pp. 144-151)=0A=
> Jennifer A. Hughes=0A=
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> 3.  When the Candle Goes Out: The Complexity of Simple Jokes and the
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>  of Satire (pp. 152-159)=0A=
> Jeffrey Melton=0A=
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> 4.  =93Scribbling to excite the laughter of God's creatures=94: Some
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> ts on =93Mere=94 Humor, Entertainment, and Pleasure (pp. 160-170)=0A=
> Tracy Wuster=0A=
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> 5.  Mark Twain's =93Assault of Laughter=94 and the Limits of Political
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> r (pp. 171-182)=0A=
> Holger Kersten=0A=
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> 6.  Is Satire Compatible with Free Speech? (pp. 183-191)=0A=
> Gregg Camfield=0A=
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> 7.  The Pernicious Use of =93Humorist=94 to Describe Mark Twain (and
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> Comic Writers) (pp. 192-204)=0A=
> James E. Caron=0A=
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> 8.  Comic Outbreaks and Scholastic Discontents: a Response (pp.
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> Bruce Michelson=0A=
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> Best, =0A=
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> --Larry Howe (editor), Jim Caron (senior assoc. editor), David Gillota
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> ociate editor), Sabrina Fuchs Abrams (book review editor=0A=
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> Larry Howe=0A=
> Professor of English & Film Studies=0A=
> Department of Literature and Languages=0A=
> Roosevelt University=0A=
> Editor, Studies in American Humor=0A=
> President, Mark Twain Circle of America=0A=
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