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"Stephen Leacock's satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever" mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Historian Margaret Macmillan--whose books Women of the Raj and Paris 1919 cast fresh light on the colonial legacy--has great affection for Leacock's gentle wit and sharp-eyed insight. The renowned historian examines Leacock's life as a poor but ambitious student who rose to become an economist, celebrated academic, and, most importantly, the beloved humorist who taught Canadians to laugh at themselves."--Publisher's website.

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Penguin Canada
Language
English
Pages
175

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Subjects
Humorists, Canadian (English), Biography, Authors, Canadian (English), Humoristes canadiens-anglais, Biographies, Écrivains canadiens-anglais
People
Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
Times
20th century, 20e siècle

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Stephen Leacock
2009, Penguin Canada
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Table of Contents

Introduction / John Ralston Saul
Who was Stephen Leacock and why should we care?
The making of an English gentleman in Canada
Escaping into adulthood
Riding madly off in all direction
Humour is a serious business
The eccentric professor
The public intellectual
Life between two wars
The melancholy twilight
Why Leacock matters.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

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Toronto
Series
Extraordinary Canadians, Extraordinary Canadians

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
C818/.5209
Library of Congress
PS8523.E Z882 2009, PR6023.E15 Z79 2009, PR9199.3.L367 Z882 2009

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Pagination
xi, 175 p.
Number of pages
175

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OL35348394M
Internet Archive
stephenleacock0000macm
ISBN 10
0670066818
ISBN 13
9780670066810
OCLC/WorldCat
302060920

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