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Ellis Parker Butler on the Fine Art of Writing Humor

Ellis Parker Butler on the Fine Art of Writing Humor

Ellis Parker Butler on the Fine Art of Writing Humor

Ellis Parker Butler

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Editorial:
Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2009
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Estudios literarios: ficción, novelistas y prosistas
ISBN:
9781434458841
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Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937) was the author of more than 2,000 stories and essays, as well as 30 books. He remains most famous for his short story 'Pigs is Pigs', in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating geometrically. This collection reveals his thoughts on writing humor, including 'Ten Rules for Humor' and 'How I Sell My Stories.'

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