Leacock also wrote a book on humor, wrote several books of humor himself, edited a humor anthology, and has a Canadian humor prize named for him.


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On Jan 3, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

I am currently, at the recommendation of Taylor Roberts, reading =
ARCADIAN ADVENTURES OF THE IDLE RICH, a novel by Stephen Leacock, who =
was primarily an economist and political scientist, but who also (again, =
as Taylor informed me) wrote a biography of Twain. Haven=E2=80=99t read =
the biography (yet), but the novel is a hoot so far and one could =
certainly speculate about its anxiety of influence. Thanks again, =
Taylor!=20

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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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