Satire as the Comic Public Sphere: Postmodern "Truthiness" and Civic Engagement - Hardcover

by James E. Caron (Author)

Examines the work of satirists through the lenses of humor studies, cultural theory, and rhetorical and social philosophy, arriving at a new definition of the comic art form.

Author Biography

James E. Caron is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. He is the author of Mark Twain, Unsanctified Newspaper Reporter and coeditor of Refocusing Chaplin: A Screen Icon Through Critical Lenses and Sut Lovingood's Nat'ral Born Yarnspinner: Essays on George Washington Harris.