The Benchley Roundup

Author : Robert C. Benchley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226042183
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Benchley Roundup written by Robert C. Benchley and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humorists of his time; his influence—on contemporaries such as E. B. White, James Thurber, and S. J. Perelman, or followers like Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor—has left an indelible mark on the American comic tradition. The Benchley Roundup collects those pieces, selected by Benchley's son Nathaniel, "which seem to stand up best over the years"-a compendium of the most endearing and enduring work from one of America's funniest and most penetrating wits. "It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous." —Robert Benchley

Author : Robert Benchley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780060904616
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Benchley Roundup written by Robert Benchley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Benchley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Benchley Roundup written by Robert Benchley and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like "Life," "Vanity Fair," and "The New Yorker," earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humorists of his time; his influence--on contemporaries such as E.B. White, James Thurber, and S.J. Perelman, or followers like Woody Allen, Steve Martin, and Richard Pryor--has left an indelible mark on the American comic tradition. "The Benchley Roundup "collects those pieces, selected by Benchley's son Nathaniel, "which seem to stand up best over the years"--A compendium of the most endearing and enduring work from one of America's funniest and most penetrating wits."It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous."--Robert Benchley.

Author : Robert Benchley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486224104
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benchley Lost and Found written by Robert Benchley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 39 pieces show Benchley at the height of his writing.

Author : Robert Benchley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Benchley Round-up written by Robert Benchley and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Norris Wilson Yates
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Benchley written by Norris Wilson Yates and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1968 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Benchley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Benchley's "wayward Press" written by Robert Benchley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gordon E. Ernst
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313388008
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Benchley written by Gordon E. Ernst and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1995-05-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first full-length annotated bibliography of the works of humorist Robert Benchley. It contains chapters on his books, essays, newspaper writings, dramatic criticism, plus a filmography and a discography. Also included is a chapter on secondary sources about his life. When humorist Robert Benchley died in 1945 at the age of 56, he left behind a large body of little-known material. Some of this material was collected into book form during and after Benchley's lifetime, but much of it remains uncollected. This annotated bibliography brings together in one volume citations to most of Benchley's collected and uncollected works. The volume contains chapters on Benchley's books, essays, newspaper writings, dramatic criticism, secondary sources about him, a filmography, and a discography. The books chapter contains all of Benchley's major books and lists the contents of each. The chapters on his essays and newspaper writings detail his work for such publications as the New Yorker, Life, Liberty, Vanity Fair, the New York Tribune, New York World, and the Chicago Tribune. The dramatic criticism chapter contains all his theater reviews, for Life and the New Yorker, with the titles of the reviewed plays and the authors for each. Entries are numbered, cross-referenced, and indexed to assist the reader.

Author : Robert Benchley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Benchley at the Theatre written by Robert Benchley and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jody C. Baumgartner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 809 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Political Humor [2 volumes] written by Jody C. Baumgartner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set surveys the profound impact of political humor and satire on American culture and politics over the years, paying special attention to the explosion of political humor in today's wide-ranging and turbulent media environment. Historically, there has been a tendency to regard political satire and humor as a sideshow to the wider world of American politics—entertaining and sometimes insightful, but ultimately only of modest interest to students and others surveying the trajectory of American politics and culture. This set documents just how mistaken that assumption is. By examining political humor and satire throughout US history, these volumes not only illustrate how expressions of political satire and humor reflect changes in American attitudes about presidents, parties, and issues but also how satirists, comedians, cartoonists, and filmmakers have helped to shape popular attitudes about landmark historical events, major American institutions and movements, and the nation's political leaders and cultural giants. Finally, this work examines how today's brand of political humor may be more influential than ever before in shaping American attitudes about the nation in which we live.