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Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It
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ISBN: 0393357597
Author: Geary, James
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Entertaining, illuminating, and entirely unique, Wits End convey[s] the power of wit to refresh the mind (Henry Hitchings, Wall Street Journal).In this inventive and playful book (Tom Beer, Newsday), James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns are the highest form of wit. Adopting a different style for each chapter-from dramatic dialogue to sermon, heroic couplets to a barroom monologue-Geary embodies wit in all its forms. Wits End agilely balances psychology, folktale, visual art, and literary history with lighthearted humor and acute insight, demonstrating that wit and wisdom are really the same thing. 12 illustrations
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Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It