Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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Page 87
Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. ENGLISH HUMOUR HOULD I have headed this letter " British Humour " ? Or , per- SHOU haps , " Humour Written and Spoken in the Language Common to Natives of Great Britain and Ireland " ? The ...
Letters to Gog and Magog Frank Swinnerton. ENGLISH HUMOUR HOULD I have headed this letter " British Humour " ? Or , per- SHOU haps , " Humour Written and Spoken in the Language Common to Natives of Great Britain and Ireland " ? The ...
Page 89
... humour con- sists of overstatement , and the English of understatement . Since American writers constantly understate , this cannot be true ; yet their understatement is usually ironic . The English variety implies relishing simplicity ...
... humour con- sists of overstatement , and the English of understatement . Since American writers constantly understate , this cannot be true ; yet their understatement is usually ironic . The English variety implies relishing simplicity ...
Page 91
... humour of the English , I suggest , is the fruit of a sense of being undefeated islanders ; the freedom of their humour from malice , or , if you prefer the word , reason , belongs to the same order of things . They have not cosseted ...
... humour of the English , I suggest , is the fruit of a sense of being undefeated islanders ; the freedom of their humour from malice , or , if you prefer the word , reason , belongs to the same order of things . They have not cosseted ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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