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Will Cuppy, American satirist : a biography
- Title
- Will Cuppy, American satirist : a biography / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by Mark H. Massé.
- Author
- Gehring, Wes D.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : Mcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-478 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Massé, Mark H., 1952-
- Description
- vii, 214 p. : ill.; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Will Cuppy (1884-1949) is dark comedy that flirts with nihilism. Whether Will Cuppy directly derails man or lesser creatures on the evolutionary chain, there is always a generous helping of dark comedy. For a biographer, the man represents a treasure trove of possibilities. "--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Hoosier childhood, 1884-1902 -- University of Chicago years, 1902-1914 -- A wannabe playwright and his humor mentor: Isabel Paterson -- Writing how to be a hermit -- Early Greenwich Village years, Groucho Marx, and how to tell your friends from the apes -- Easing into the 1930s, and two more important friendships -- Cuppy's multifacted 1930s -- Here comes Cuppy's mystery anthologies of the 1940s -- The years leading to suicide-literally, how to become extinct, and still attract the wombat -- Enhancing a legacy by way of posthumous publications -- Afterword: Comparing Cuppy to some of his comic contemporaries.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-478
- ISBN
- 9780786469611 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786469617 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013032002
- OCLC
- 817595676
- Author
- Gehring, Wes D.
- Title
- Will Cuppy, American satirist : a biography / Wes D. Gehring ; foreword by Mark H. Massé.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : Mcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2013]
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Massé, Mark H., 1952-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-478