Wit's end : what wit is, how it works, and why we need it
by Geary, James, 1962- (Author)
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"A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom."--Stephen Fry. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, p... Full description
Table of Contents:
- Oft was thought, an essay in sixty-four lines
- One bad apple, or, An apology for paronomasia
- Thirty-five days in May
- Watchers at the gates of mind: wit and its relation to Witzelsucht, malapropisms, and bipolar disorder
- Perfect witty expressions and how to make them
- Advanced banter
- An ode to wit
- Turning words
- My name is Wit
- Slapstick metaphysics
- The chains of habit
- Finding minds
- Ambiguous figures
- Wisdom of the sages
- True wit
- Wit's end.