Download or read book Humor in Irish Literature written by Don Lee Fred Nilsen and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1996-10-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland has generated an inordinately large number of storytellers, and Irish short stories bear a striking resemblance to Irish jokes. The tradition of telling jokes and stories in pubs resulted in the core of Irish-written literature, and many Irish short stories have the same narrative structure as the jokes on which they are based. This reference is a comprehensive guide to humor in Irish literature from the 16th century to the present day. An introductory essay discusses the essential nature of Irish humor, and how Irish humor developed out of pain and tragedy that resulted in a diaspora. The chapters that follow are devoted to particular centuries. Each chapter includes entries for individual authors, with entries arranged chronologically to show the development of humor over time. Each entry discusses the nature of humor in the author's works and includes a bibliography. A detailed index allows alphabetical access to information on authors and subjects.
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of Irish Humour written by Aubrey Malone and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bumper collection of Irish humour covers topics such as Absenteeism and Zoos and everything in between. It would be disappointing should such a large collection not include the best of famous Irish wits such as Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, but the emphasis is very much on contemporary Irish humour from the likes of Tommy Tiernan, Dylan Moran, Ardal O'Hanlon and Dara O'Briain, to name just a few. Lunatic, iconoclastic and, as Spike Milligan might have put it, involving 'sideways thinking', this is Irish humour at its very best.
Download or read book The Little Book of Irish Jokes written by Cormac O'Brien and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘What would you be if you weren’t Irish?’ asked the barman. Pat replied, ‘Ashamed!’ There are two types of people in this world: the Irish, and those who wish they were. But wherever you’re from, The Little Book of Irish Jokes is packed with grand gags and Celtic wisecracks that will give you the gift of the gab and a belly full of laughs.
Download or read book The Irish Comic Tradition written by Vivian Mercier and published by Souvenir PressLtd. This book was released on 1991 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Silver Fox written by Martin Ross and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silver Fox is a collaborative work by Irish writers Martin Ross and Edith Sommerville, the famous novel "An Irish Cousin." Like other jobs, this novel touches on the narratives of love, friendship, the national battle for freedom, and equality and depicts life in Victorian-era Ireland.
Download or read book The Humour Of Ireland written by David James O'Donoghue and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hilarious collection of Irish humor is perfect for anyone looking to add some laughter to their day. With an introduction and biographical index included, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the cultural context behind each joke. It's a great gift for anyone with a love of comedy and a connection to the Emerald Isle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Cruelty and Laughter written by Simon Dickie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-04-14 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking review of popular culture in 18th century Britain, this text turns away from sentimental and polite literature to focus instead on the jestbooks, farces, comic periodicals, variety shows and minor comic novels that portray a society in which no subject was taboo and political correctness unimagined.
Download or read book The Truth About the Irish written by Terry Eagleton and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a humorous look at the myths, idiosyncracies, and culture of the Irish people.
Download or read book The Wicked Wit of Ireland written by Myles Byrne and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people of Ireland are renowned worldwide for their wit. This collection combines a pinch of traditional Irish humour, mixed with distinctly modern one-liners, quips and quotes.
Download or read book The Profane Book of Irish Comedy written by David Krause and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fierce mirth characterizes antic Irish comedy. To the degree to which everyone sympathizes with the need to mock repressive authority, everyone is potentially Irish. It is the Irish dramatists themselves, says David Krause, that are the true authors of the profane book of Irish comedy. The body of literature they have produced desecrates the sacred in Ireland and launches a sardonic attack on the queen of Irish nationalism, Cathleen Ni Houlihan, the old sow who, according to Joyce's tragicomic jest, tries to devour her creative farrow. Krause discusses the major works of fourteen Irish playwrights—Samuel Beckett, Brendan Behan, Dion Boucicault, William Boyle, Paul Vincent Carroll, George Fitzmaurice, Lady Gregory, Denis Johnston, Sean O'Casey, Lennox Robinson, Bernard Shaw, George Shields, J. M. Synge, and W. B. Yeats—and shows the ways in which these works are linked, emotionally and thematically, to early Gaelic literature and the tradition of the mythic pagan playboy Oisin or Usheen. As the last great pagan hero of Ireland, Oisin emerges as an archetype for the many playboys and paycocks of Irish comedy. Oisin was the antithesis of St. Patrick, the first great Christian saint of Ireland, who, condemning pleasure and threatening eternal damnation, came to represent all authority. The bearers of this dark and wild Celtic tradition, which Synge and O'Casey associated with a daimonic or barbarous impulse, laugh irreverently at their own creations. This laughter, the laughter of the culture's mythmakers, brings with it emotional relief, comic catharsis.
Download or read book The Official Jewish Irish Joke Book written by Larry Wilde and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irish Literature Vol 6 Classic Reprint written by Justin Mccarthy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Irish Literature, Vol. 6 Irish humor is mainly a store of merriment pure and simple, without much personal taint, and it does not pro fess to be philosophical. Human follies or deformities are rarely touched upon, and luckily Irish humorous writers do not attempt the didactic. In political warfare, how ever, the bitterest taunts are heard, and it is somewhat regrettable that Irish politics Should have absorbed so great a part of Irish wit, and turned what might have been pleasant reading into a succession of biting sarcasms. The Irish political satirists of the eighteenth and nine teenth centuries have often put themselves out of court by the ephemeral nature of their gibes no less than by the ex tra-ferocious tone they adopted. There is no denying the verve and point in the writings of Watty Cox, Dr. Brenan, J. W. Croker, and so on, but who can read them to-day with pleasure? Eaton Stannard Barrett's 'all the Talents, ' after giving a nickname to a ministry, destroyed it; it served its purpose, and would be out of place if resurrected and placed in a popular collection, where the student of political history - to whom alone it is interesting and amusing - will hardly meet with it. His The Heroine, ' however, which deals with an evil as familiar in our day as when he wrote, may well be quoted as an example of his style. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Irish Comic Tradition written by Vivian Mercier and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Humour of Ireland written by David James O'Donoghue and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Humours of Irish Life written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Humours of Irish Life" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Humour of Ireland written by David James O'Donoghue and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01-05 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Humour Of Ireland: Selected, With Introduction, Biographical Index And Notes; Humour Series David James O'Donoghue Oliver Paque The Walter Scott Publishing Co., ltd., 1908 Humor; General; Humor / General; Irish wit and humor
Download or read book The Spirit Of Irish Wit Or Post chaise Companion written by Irish Wit and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an entertaining collection of Irish witticisms, anecdotes, and humorous stories. It provides a glimpse into the wit and humor that is so characteristic of the Irish people. The book is an excellent read for anyone interested in Irish literature, culture, or history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
