George D. Prentice and the Whig Sense of Humor.
Scholars have recently begun reexamining the Whig Party, paying particular attention to how the party gained adherents and challenged Andrew Jackson and his acolytes. Yet few scholars have focused attention on the Whig sense of humor. Typically portrayed as more uptight than their rambunctious Democ...
| Publicado en: | Studies in American Humor Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 1 - 20 |
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Pennsylvania State University Press
2022
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