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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
publ=
> ication of a special issue:   _Mark Twain, Satire, and "The Assault of
Laug=
> hter_.   =0A=
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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
oppor=
> tunity to present this work in one volume =0A=
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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
begin =
> in the next issue (5.1 Spring 2019) called "On Second Thought."  This is
ou=
> r attempt to foster a dialogue between our contributors and our equally
ins=
> ightful readers, and we'll be printing responses to any and all of the
work=
>  contained in the special issue from readers like you.  We expect this to
g=
> et traction with the Mark Twain special issue and be a regular feature
goin=
> g forward.  We know that you're a group with a lot to say, so let's hear
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> .   =0A=
> =0A=
> SPECIAL ISSUE: MARK TWAIN, SATIRE, AND THE =93ASSAULT OF LAUGHTER=94=0A=
> =0A=
> 1.  Comic Assaults and Somersaults: An Introduction (pp. 137-143)=0A=
> Judith Yaross Lee=0A=
> =0A=
> 2.  WTF Is Laughter to Mark Twain? (pp. 144-151)=0A=
> Jennifer A. Hughes=0A=
> =0A=
> 3.  When the Candle Goes Out: The Complexity of Simple Jokes and the
Limits=
>  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
Though=
> ts on =93Mere=94 Humor, Entertainment, and Pleasure (pp. 160-170)=0A=
> Tracy Wuster=0A=
> =0A=
> 5.  Mark Twain's =93Assault of Laughter=94 and the Limits of Political
Humo=
> 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=
> =0A=
> 7.  The Pernicious Use of =93Humorist=94 to Describe Mark Twain (and
Other =
> Comic Writers) (pp. 192-204)=0A=
> James E. Caron=0A=
> =0A=
> 8.  Comic Outbreaks and Scholastic Discontents: a Response (pp.
205-215)=0A=
> Bruce Michelson=0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> Best, =0A=
> =0A=
> --Larry Howe (editor), Jim Caron (senior assoc. editor), David Gillota
(ass=
> ociate editor), Sabrina Fuchs Abrams (book review editor=0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> =0A=
> 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=
> =0A=
> =0A=

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