Revel with a cause : liberal satire in postwar America / Stephen E. Kercher.

By:

Kercher, Stephen E

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (575 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226431659
0226431657
9780226431642
0226431649
1282646346
9781282646346
9786612646348
6612646349

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Revel with a cause.DDC classification:

817/.5409358 22

LOC classification:

PS438 .K47 2006eb

Other classification:

HU 1822

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Contents:

Bill Mauldin and the politics of postwar American satire -- "We shall meet the enemy" -- Comic revenge -- "Truth grinning in a solemn, canting world" -- Spontaneous irony -- "We hope you like us, Jack" -- "Are there any groups here I haven't offended yet?" -- "Well-aimed ridicule" -- Mocking Dr. Stangelove -- "Sophisticated daring" -- Satire that would "Gag a goat."

Summary: We live in a time much like the postwar era. A time of arch political conservatism and vast social conformity. A time in which our nation's leaders question and challenge the patriotism of those who oppose their policies. But before there was Jon Stewart, Al Franken, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Bruce--liberal satirists who, through their wry and scabrous comedic routines, waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times. Revel with a Cause is their story. Stephen Kercher here provides the first comprehensive look at the sat.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

We live in a time much like the postwar era. A time of arch political conservatism and vast social conformity. A time in which our nation's leaders question and challenge the patriotism of those who oppose their policies. But before there was Jon Stewart, Al Franken, or Bill Maher, there were Mort Sahl, Stan Freberg, and Lenny Bruce--liberal satirists who, through their wry and scabrous comedic routines, waged war against the political ironies, contradictions, and hypocrisies of their times. Revel with a Cause is their story. Stephen Kercher here provides the first comprehensive look at the sat.