Political Humor: From Aristophanes to Sam ErvinFairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1977 - 349 من الصفحات Presents and seeks to explain the variety of humor in democratic politics. The humor ranges from the bawdy political comedies of Aristophanes in ancient Athens to the journalistic satires of our daily newspapers, and includes the jokes and comic invective of the people and their politicians. |
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... fact , the virginal avoidance or priggish discussion of obscene humor in most of the literature distresses me . The previous scholarly avoidance of dirty political humor led me into an analysis of Aristophanes ' political comedies ...
... fact , the virginal avoidance or priggish discussion of obscene humor in most of the literature distresses me . The previous scholarly avoidance of dirty political humor led me into an analysis of Aristophanes ' political comedies ...
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... fact that in their [ men's ] efforts to raise themselves above their limita- tions and to contemplate this actual world sub specie aeter- nitatis , they remain human after all and that necessarily ' a trace of earthly weakness and ...
... fact that in their [ men's ] efforts to raise themselves above their limita- tions and to contemplate this actual world sub specie aeter- nitatis , they remain human after all and that necessarily ' a trace of earthly weakness and ...
الصفحة 14
... fact would be less than politics . That is what is meant in the concluding chapter by the positive negativity of political humor ; its very nay - saying maintains and strengthens politics . Beyond that , humor and politics merge in a ...
... fact would be less than politics . That is what is meant in the concluding chapter by the positive negativity of political humor ; its very nay - saying maintains and strengthens politics . Beyond that , humor and politics merge in a ...
الصفحة 24
... fact , the pervasiveness of the latter may prove to be of particular significance for democratic politics . 3. Richard Strout , " Foe of the Bon Mot : Politics , " New York Times Magazine , April 22 , 1956 . For instance , at the ...
... fact , the pervasiveness of the latter may prove to be of particular significance for democratic politics . 3. Richard Strout , " Foe of the Bon Mot : Politics , " New York Times Magazine , April 22 , 1956 . For instance , at the ...
الصفحة 30
... fact is that he is there , and we are committed . " Whereupon the wise men called for unity in the face of ... facts . " In the last panel of the cartoon , the little boy stares di- rectly ahead and thoughtfully states , " Moral : The ...
... fact is that he is there , and we are committed . " Whereupon the wise men called for unity in the face of ... facts . " In the last panel of the cartoon , the little boy stares di- rectly ahead and thoughtfully states , " Moral : The ...
المحتوى
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Socrates Sage Satyr Wherein the wise man becomes clown | 79 |
Republic Divine Comedy Wherein philosophy becomes comical | 98 |
Lincoln Satyr Statesman Wherein satyr serves state | 140 |
Comic Sages of Common Sense Wherein sagacity clowns politically | 196 |
American Politics Comic Warfare Wherein words war and make peace | 246 |
Positive Negativity the Comic Political Drama Wherein nay is yea and drama mans reality | 297 |
Bibliography | 335 |
Index | 337 |
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Political Humor: From Aristophanes to Sam Ervin <span dir=ltr>Charles E. Schutz</span> لا تتوفر معاينة - 1978 |
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الصفحة 171 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
الصفحة 171 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him?
الصفحة 180 - If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you, you will probably be about right. Beware of being assailed by one and praised by the other.
الصفحة 175 - As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.
الصفحة 182 - No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention. Still less can he afford to take all the consequences, including die vitiating of his temper and the loss of self-control. Yield larger things to which you can show no more than equal right; and yield lesser ones though clearly your own. Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.
الصفحة 143 - Herewith is a little sketch, as you requested. There is not much of it, for the reason, I suppose, that there is not much of me.
الصفحة 198 - I don't dispute it; but since Laws are sometimes unreasonable in themselves, and therefore repealed, and others bear too hard on the Subject in particular Circumstances; and therefore there is left a Power...