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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Wit and humor"”.

  1. The Reverend Sydney Smith's Theory of Wit and Humor: Origin, Elements, and Applications to His Rhetorical Practice

    Smith, Alden ClarkeUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-10T17:03:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7000984.pdf: 11255120 bytes, checksum: f76edf70aa73702ce509fffd9715329e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1969

    uiuc Repository record

  2. Musical Humor and Beethoven's Symphonic Scherzi

    Kay, Peter B.

    … will examine the lasting effects of musical humor, exemplified by the symphonic Scherzi of Beethoven. In toying with expectations derived from established Classical Period models, Beethoven helped change formal and structural traditions. This change is apparent in the compositional choices …

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  3. "A thorough knowledge of human nature": An application of George Campbell's "Philosophy of Rhetoric" to selected novels of Jane Austen

    Houghtaling, EstherTexas Woman's University2015

    … one of her earliest written novels, Jane Austen withdraws from the narrative to confront readers with an impassioned defense of the novel. Although many readers and critics may gloss over this defense, it is one of the most important passages in all of Austen's works. In it, she argues that …

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  4. Wit, witticisms and humor of Plautus

    Harrison, Annabel RuthUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2014

    … checksum: 910b249b4beec47e7ab768910c8f966f (MD5) witwitticismshum00harr.pdf: 5117201 bytes, checksum: e2560bbc1b12382f073e3fd3d722da15 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1909

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  5. Il-makkjetta : riċetta Maltija għall-buri u l-geddum

    University of Malta2011

    … ir-rikordings, nifli kull biċċa kitba li għandha x’taqsam mal-makkjetta, fl-arkivji Nazzjonali tar-Rabat, fl-arkivji tax-Xandir u fil-Biblijoteka. Wara ħidma intensiva ta’ sena sħiħa, fl-aħħar kien wasal iż-żmien biex dawn il-frammenti kollha ngħaqqadhom f’ritratt wieħed li jinftiehem. …

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  6. Burnout in academics : the role of humour and optimism as stress buffers

    Fairclough, Natalie R.Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia1998

    … perceived stress, use of humour to cope with stress, optimism, pessimism, and burnout was investigated. Participants included 180 lecturers from a range of Perth universities and disciplines. Questionnaire packages were delivered to the participants at their universities and were later …

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  7. Humour and social support as moderators of life event stress in students

    Orr, Billie Y.

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  8. Humour and social support as moderators of life event stress in students

    Orr, Billie Y.

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  9. A Mock Rhetoric: The Use of Satire in First-Year Composition

    Sobiech, Michael James

    … Leon Ormond writes about a minor skirmish he has with a history teacher over the pedagogical usefulness of wit. After telling her about his book, <i>Laugh and Learn: The Art of Teaching with Humor</i>, she tells him, “Only morons laugh.” Ormond goes on to describe her as one who exhibits “a …

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  10. Lessons in Immorality: Mishima's Masterpiece of Humor and Social Satire

    Bond, Nathaniel Peter

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  11. Between word and meaning : wit, modernism, and perverse narrative

    Holcomb, Brian D.2010

    Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Department of English, 2010

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