Humorists: From Hogarth to Noël Coward
Humorists: From Hogarth to Noël Coward by Paul Johnson
English | November 23, 2010 | ISBN: 0061825913, 0061825921 | EPUB | 256 pages | 1.9 MB
English | November 23, 2010 | ISBN: 0061825913, 0061825921 | EPUB | 256 pages | 1.9 MB
“It is Johnson’s gift that he can make his subjects human and fallible enough that we would…recognize them instantly, while also illuminating what made them heroes.” —Washington Post Book World on Heroes
“Johnson is a clear, intelligent, forceful writer, and nothing if not thorough.” —Wall Street Journal
Paul Johnson, the acclaimed author of Creators, Heroes, and the New York Times bestseller Intellectuals, returns with a captivating collection of biographical portraits of the Western world’s greatest wits and humorists. With chapters dedicated to history’s sharpest tongues and most piercing pens, including Benjamin Franklin, Toulouse-Lautrec, G.K. Chesterton, Damon Runyan, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, and many more, Johnson’s Humorists is an exciting compendium of our most enduring comical and satirical innovators.