In his classic Sunshine Sketches of a Little Townand several other books, we see Some third-person klutz who fumbled through opening a bank account. We wouldn't choke up nearly so much if we were told about In "My Financial Career", for example, the humourĪrises from the reader being able to identify with the narrator from In so many styles that it's foolish to try to sum up his techniques Leacock wrote so many stories and articles Are they funny? Are they very funny? Are they Stephen-Leacock funny? Now read his "My Financial Career" right here. I mean, just try to write funny with these devicesĪlone: put together a few exaggerations of your own with a dry understatement In his classic satirical writing, overstatementĪnd understatement do play their roles. I take to mean the opposite of hyperbole)-and at the same time that That his humour is at least partly based on hyperbole and myosis (which It well to put in about half a pint of paresis. ![]() I want to give the article a decidedly literary character, I find Preparing an article of a humorous nature to go down to the cellarĪnd mix up half a gallon of myosis with a pint of hyperbole. To admit, since the truth is out, that it has been my custom in ![]() He stumbled on this trade secret I do not know. Professor Leacock's humour but a rather ingenious mixture of hyperbole ![]() Was very simple, quoting a review: "What is there is, after all, in Stephen Leacock once complained of critics who thought what he did THE AUTHOR Humorist more famous than Canada
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