Do Albert Bigelow Paine and William Dean Howells merit spots on this list?
On Wednesday, January 3, 2018 1:15 PM, "Lee, Judith" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Leacock also wrote a book on humor, wrote several books of humor himself, e=
dited a humor anthology, and has a Canadian humor prize named for him.
Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D.
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ssor of Rhetoric
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On Jan 3, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]<mailto:ms=
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I am currently, at the recommendation of Taylor Roberts, reading =3D
ARCADIAN ADVENTURES OF THE IDLE RICH, a novel by Stephen Leacock, who =3D
was primarily an economist and political scientist, but who also (again, =
=3D
as Taylor informed me) wrote a biography of Twain. Haven=3DE2=3D80=3D99t re=
ad =3D
the biography (yet), but the novel is a hoot so far and one could =3D
certainly speculate about its anxiety of influence. Thanks again, =3D
Taylor!=3D20
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Matt Seybold
Assistant Professor of American Literature and Mark Twain Studies
Elmira College
Editor, MarkTwainStudies.org<http://MarkTwainStudies.org>
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