10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WITTICISM»
Discover the use of
witticism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
witticism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Birbal and his
witticism
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2
Cats Rule: All the Rules, Laws, Wisdom and
Witticism That Go ...
A blessing for cat owners everywhere, this fun-filled book uncovers the feline Bill of Rights and many other treasures people have never been privy to. Full color.
3
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weird Word Origins
witticism. 225. wisteria. You've seen a few times in this book that words are often
formed because people make mistakes (see BUTTONHOLE, HANGNAIL, and
PEA, to name just three). The name wisteria provides another example, this time
...
4
Psychoanalysis and Severe Handicap: The Hand in the Cap
Freud dedicated a whole essay to it, distinguishing between a witticism and the
simply comical. Certainly, the latter also amuses and elicits laughter, but its
structure is different from that of a witticism. A clown's awkward, clumsy
movements can ...
5
Comedy: A Critical Introduction
Elements of joke-vvit in comedy Despite nuances and qualifications, the
psychoanalytic approach is the only one that opens the way to a sensible
explanation of the psychical mechanism that is triggered by a joke or witticism.
While the ...
6
The Long and Short of It: From Aphorism to Novel
A successful witticism transforms the locale in which it takes place into a sort of
salon substitute. Or we may say: not only is the salon a favorable place for a
witticism, its aura constitutes an essential part of the witticism, much as the
funeral or ...
7
The Joke and Its Relation to the Unconscious
There can be nothing easier than reducing this witticism [to its elements].
Obviously it can only- mean: I travelled tete-a-tete with X., and X. is a stupid ass.
Neither of these two sentences is witty. Nor if they are combined into one
sentence: 7 ...
8
The Cambridge Companion to Roman Satire
dream.40 And one needs specifically to entertain the notion that the manifest
content of the dream or of the witticism is in fact an elaboration of a latent content
by means of condensation and substitute formation. The notions lying at the base
of ...
9
Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction
It is what that very bright man, Christian Metz, calls the "witticism." It is also the
hope of imaginative salvation. If we are torn between the alternatives of the
punch line and the shaggy dog universe, then we are damned and doomed. "We
live in ...
George Edgar Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin, 1987
10
Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious
expenditure which escapes from the hearer of the witticism. To confirm what was
said above it may be added that the witticism loses its laughter effect in the third
person as soon as an expenditure of mental work is exacted of him.
Sigmund Freud, Abraham Arden Brill, 1917
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WITTICISM»
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witticism is used in the context of the following news items.
Twitter is Deleting Stolen Jokes for Copyright Reasons
It's often a bot that copies the witticism and tweets it to its followers without attribution. Now, it appears Twitter has had enough. Some tweets have been deleted ... «TIME, Jul 15»
Factual Error Opens CNN Star Sanjay Gupta To Scrutiny Over Dual …
Journalism isn't brain surgery — a distinction wrapped in a witticism that CNN's Sanjay Gupta must be tired of hearing. Yet while he was covering the aftermath ... «NPR, Jul 15»
Farewell Kabul by Christina Lamb, book review: A lament for …
But in the tumultuous days after 9/11, his witticism was ignored. Less than a month after the Twin Towers fell, the United States and its allies launched an all-out ... «The Independent, May 15»
Kerala's democratic revolution, or why Maoism is a non-starter
There is some truth in the witticism. Maoist activity in Kerala has been limited mostly to distributing leaflets and pasting posters in isolated adivasi hamlets. «The Indian Express, May 15»
Cutting witticism: Catch it from Bill Maher at the Kiva Auditorium
Bill Maher tries to take in news at his own pace for his show on HBO. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — No matter the political belief, Bill Maher is a force. The political ... «Albuquerque Journal, Apr 15»
Dear Folks, Wit Is Overrated!
And when you say that it does not just please you to walk in snow, but that someone's advice against it infuriates you, consider your witticism established. «Pakistan Tribe, Apr 15»
Terry Allen, Kip Bouknight lead hall of fame class
Legendary South Carolina State coach and 2008 SCAHOF President Willie Jeffries, known for his witticism, will again preside over the banquet as master of ... «WYFF Greenville, Feb 15»
Best Of Londonist: Kebabs, Drones And Tube Driver Witticisms
Best Of Londonist: Kebabs, Drones And Tube Driver Witticisms. Share; Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share on Google+ · Share on Reddit · Share on ... «Londonist, Jan 15»
Einstein and Curie Dealt With Trolls All the Time
... the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in Planck's radiation field by means of a comical witticism, naturally under the constraint that the structure's ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 14»
On prepositions
Winston Churchill once relayed his qualms about grammar in a characteristic witticism: “That is the sort of thing up with which I will not put!” So where does that ... «Daily Californian, Nov 14»
