Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches Of A Little Town": Ironic Sketches Of A Little Town
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Leacock's "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town": Ironic Sketches of a Little
It takes a certain type of character to see the humour in everyday life.
It takes an even greater character to express the humour in ways that other
people can appreciate and subsequently find gaiety therein. Stephen Leacoc ....
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.... a "great naturalness" of language,
the use of phrases and forms so simple that writers straining after effect
would never get them. [Critics] felt that one of the main reasons for
Leacock's success was that his style was that of "a talker rather than a
writer". Another said..."He talked to the world. And the talk was good."
(Curry. p.242-243)
Satire is defined as a genre in which the author attacks some object,
using his means of wit or humour that is either fantastic or absurd. In th ....
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