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Language: en
Pages: 198
Authors: Paul Plass
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

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Wit has many uses in political discourse--to entertain, to underscore or unmask, to hinder or enhance insight. Wit and the Writing of History focuses on how thi
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Mark Twain
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-01 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

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"Familiarity breeds contempt — and children." "When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear." "Heaven for climate. Hell for company." This attractive pap
Elements of Wit
Language: en
Pages: 258
Authors: Benjamin Errett
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-07 - Publisher: Penguin

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Got wit? We’ve all been in that situation where we need to say something clever, but innocuous; smart enough to show some intelligence, without showing off; s
Ruse and Wit
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Dominic Parviz Brookshaw
Categories: Arabic wit and humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher:

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These essays examine a millennium of humorous and satirical writing in the Islamic world. Humor in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish narrative emerges here as a cult
Histories and Fallacies
Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: Carl R. Trueman
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Crossway

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"Histories and Fallacies is a primer on the conceptual and methodological problems in the discipline of history."--from publisher description.