American Humorists : University of Minnesota Pamphlets on American Writers No. 42
ISBN: 9780816652433
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / University of Minnesota Press
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AMERICANS, in the early days, imported much of their humor and made it over. Addison and Steele were influential; Dickens had his American imitators. Baron Munchausen's adventures were particularly popular in this country. Many of his tales disappeared into American folklore and rose again as transformed American tall tales.


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