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Southwest literary humor and Yiddish humor collided in the ever-popular comic strip "Lil Abner". From 1936 to 1977 (when it ceased publication) this comic strip entertained, annoyed, riled, and amused legions of readers. Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Moonbeam McSwine, Marryin' Sam, and Sadie Hawkins became pillars in American popular culture, and Dogpatch became a symbol, an emblem and a community in mainstream U. S. A. Li'l Abner: A Study in American Satire, originally published in 1969, is made available again with a new afterword by the author. It is a model of how the comics (sometimes snubbed as "culture for the common man") can be given earnest and well deserved analytical attention. Here in great detail are discussions of the place of "Lil Abner" in American satire, of Al Capp's narrative technique, his use of dialogue and grotesquery, his use of self-caricature, and of the significance of social criticism and the pictorial image. As a mirror of national values and conflicts, "Lil Abner" had a special place not only in the funny papers but also in the consciousness of America. -- Midwest Book Review
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Southwest literary humor and Yiddish humor collided in the ever-popular comic strip "Li'l Abner," From 1936 to 1977, when it ceased publication, this comic strip entertained, annoyed, riled, and amused legions of readers. Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Moonbeam McSwine, Marryin' Sam, and Sadie Hawkins became pillars in American popular culture, and Dogpatch became a symbol, an emblem, and a community in mainstream U.S.A.
The denizens of Dogpatch were destined for their place outside the frames of comic strips. They were popular subjects on stage and screen and eventually made their way into scholarly studies.
Li'l Abner: A Study in American Satire, the first such assessment, is made available again in this edition which includes a new afterword by the author. Originally published in 1969, it was the first full-length book devoted to a single American comic strip. It has remained a model of how the comics, sometimes snubbed as "culture for the common man," can be given earnest and well deserved analytical attention.
Here in great detail are discussions of the place of "Li'l Abner" in American satire, of Capp's narrative technique, his use of dialogue and grotesquerie, his use of self-caricature, and of the significance of social criticism and the pictorial image.
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This study begins where other analyses of the comics have generally ended: with a serious and detailed examination of style and the way it is related to meaning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mickey Mouse, Fearless Fosdick, Mammy Yokum, Sadie Hawkins Day, Zoot-Suit Yokum, Dick Tracy, Gat Garson, Beetle Bailey, Senator Phogbound, Bald Iggle, Evil-Eye Fleegle, General Bullmoose, Lena the Hyena New!
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This study begins where other analyses of the comics have generally ended: with a serious and detailed examination of style and the way it is related to meaning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ecstasy sauce, artificial fool, picaresque hero Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mickey Mouse, Fearless Fosdick, Mammy Yokum, Sadie Hawkins Day, Zoot-Suit Yokum, Dick Tracy, Gat Garson, Beetle Bailey, Senator Phogbound, Bald Iggle, Evil-Eye Fleegle, General Bullmoose, Lena the Hyena New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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