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Writing Humor - Creativity and the Comic Mind

English · Paperback / Softback

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Providing both theory and praxis, this insightful and creative textbook explains how to write humor, comedy, satire, parody, nonsense, and both the literary and the joke monologue. Through its close analyses of short stories, sketches, essays, and scripts, it is a must-read for serious and not-so-serious writers of every genre. Guiding aspiring writers through the many techniques for creating humor, it illustrates and analyzes what works and what doesn’t, suggests ways to energize passages that fall flat, and offers insights into brainstorming, team writing, and revision.

This book includes the history and cultural background of each major genre, followed by a rich array of writing exercises. Readers will find an inventive selection of examples to learn from, including a script from M*A*S*H and pieces by such humorists as Woody Allen, Ogden Nash, and Art Buchwald—and by students as well.

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Mary Ann Rishel is an associate professor in the Department of Writing at Ithaca College.


Summary

Providing both theory and praxis, this volume explains how to write humour, comedy, satire, parody, nonsense, and both the literary and the joke monologue. It includes the history and cultural background of each major genre, followed by an array of writing exercises and examples.

Product details

Authors Mary Ann Rishel
Publisher Wayne State University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.04.2002
 
EAN 9780814329603
ISBN 978-0-8143-2960-3
No. of pages 330
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
Weight 480 g
Series Humor in Life and Letters
Humor in Life & Letters S.
Humor in Life & Letters
Subjects Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures
Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works

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