Humorists:FromHogarthtoNoelCoward

作者 Paul Johnson著
出版社 Harper
出版时间 2010年11月
ISBN 9780061825910
定价 190.90

内容简介

TheauthorofthemasterlyvolumesIntellectuals,Creators,andHeroesreturnswithacollectionofbiographicalportraitsofthegreatesthumoristsandwitsinhistory.InIntellectuals,PaulJohnsonofferedafascinatingportraitofthemindsthathaveshapedthemodernworld.InCreators,heexaminedahostofoutstandingandprolificcreativespirits.AndinHeroes,hebroughttogetheragalaxyofcommandingfiguresfromtheannalsofWesternhistory.NowJohnsonturnshisimpressiveintellectandpiercinginsighttothefinestwitsoftheWesternworld.Hisisaselectivesurveyacrosshistoryandincludesadiversecastoflegendaryhumoristswhogotagrandkickoutoflife,includingBenjaminFranklinandtheMarxBrothers,CharlesDickensandDamonRunyon,W.C.FieldsandSamuelJohnson,WilliamHogarthandJamesThurber.Includingdarkesthumor,broadsatire,bawdywit,bitingsarcasm,andmore,thisentertaininganderuditecollectionshowcasessomeofoursharpestmindsreflectingonthehumancondition'sfollies,pretensions,andfoibleswiththatgreatestofgifts:humor.

作者简介

PaulJohnsonisahistorianwhoseworkrangesoverthemillenniaandthewholegamutofhumanactivities.HeregularlywritesbookreviewsforseveralUKmagazinesandnewspapers,suchastheLiteraryReviewandTheSpectator,andhelecturesaroundtheworld.HelivesinLondon,England.

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