American Satire: An Anthology of Writings from Colonial Times to the Present

American Satire: An Anthology of Writings from Colonial Times to the Present

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This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire—from Ben Franklin’s cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Celestial Railroad, Calvin Trillin’s Old Marrieds, Mark Twain’s American Abroad to P.J. O’Rourke’s The Innocents Abroad—Updated, a late 20th-century take on Twain’s classic piece. “Entertaining and satisfying…An excellent introduction.”—Amazon.com.

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Weight0.37 kg
Dimensions3.12 × 13.21 × 3.59 cm
Pages

480

Language
Format Old`

Publisher

Imprint

Year Published

1997-4-1

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Publication City/Country

USA

ISBN 10

0452011744

Table Of Content

PrefaceIntroductionThomas Morton (ca. 1590-ca. 1647)New English CanaanEbenezer Cook (fl. 1708)The Sot-Weed FactorFrancis Hopkinson (1737-1791)A Pretty StoryBenjamin Franklin (1706-1790)On Sending Felons to AmericaThe Sale of the HessiansModel of a Letter of RecommendationRules by Which a Great Empire May Be Reduced to a Small OneHumourous Reasons for Restoring CanadaAlexander Hamilton (1712-1756)The Tuesday ClubPhilip Freneau (1752-1832)The British Prison ShipHugh Brackenridge (1748-1816)Modern ChivalryWashington Irving (1783-1859)Tales of a TravelerNathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)The Celestial RailroadFanny Fern (1811-1872)Have We Any Men Among Us?Tom Pax's Conjugal SoliloquyTo GentlemenHas a Mother a Right to Her Children?Fresh LeavesA Chapter for ParentsJames Russell Lowell (1819-1891)The Biglow PapersAmbrose Bierce (1842-1914?)The Devil's DictionaryFinley Peter Dunne (1867-1936)Mr. DooleyMark Twain (1835-1910)Fenimore Cooper's Literary OffensesA Helpless SituationAdvice to YouthThe Art of Inhumation (from Life on the Mississippi)American in Europe (from A Tramp Abroad)The War PrayerGeorge Ade (1866-1944)The Sultan of SuluStephen Crane (1871-1900)A newspaper is a collection of half-injusticesWar Is KindGuy Wetmore Carryl (1873-1904)How Little Red Riding Hood Came to be EatenHow Rudeness and Kindness Were Justly RewardedEdith Wharton (1862-1937)XinguExpiationH. L. Mencken (1880-1956)Rondo on an Ancient ThemeSinclair Lewis (1885-1951)A Letter from the QueenWill Rogers (1879-1935)A Day at the Republican ConventionAt the Democratic ConventionDorothy Parker (1893-1967)Words, Words, WordsFar From WellCommentOne Perfect RoseJames Thurber (1894-1961)Tom, the Young KidnapperLangston Hughes (1902-1967)Ballad of the LandlordKu KluxAmerican HeartbreakKurt Vonnegut (1922- )In a Manner That Must Shame God HimselfRussell Baker (1925- )Universal Military MotionArt Buchwald (1925- )Pictures from VietnamTelling the TruthGore Vidal (1925- )Ronnie and Nancy: A Life in PictureCalvin Trillin (1935- )Old MarriedsP. J. O'Rourke (1947- )The Innocents Abroad, UpdatedMolly Ivins (1944- )H. Ross Went Seven Bubbles Off Plumb (and Other Tales)New Heights of Piffle

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