Playing It Straight

Author	: Jennifer A. Greenhill
Publisher	: Univ of California Press
Total Pages	: 254
Release	: 2012-08-01
ISBN-10	: 9780520272453
ISBN-13	: 0520272455
Rating	: 4/5 (455 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Playing It Straight by : Jennifer A. Greenhill

Download or read book Playing It Straight written by Jennifer A. Greenhill and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Yale University, 2007) under the title: The plague of jocularity: contesting humor in American art and culture, 1863-1893.

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