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Is diss a system? : a Milt Gross comic reader
- Title
- Is diss a system? : a Milt Gross comic reader / edited by Ari Y. Kelman.
- Author
- Gross, Milt, 1895-1953.
- Publication
- New York : New York University Press, ©2010.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Kelman, Ari Y., 1971-
- Description
- ix, 293 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Introduced by an historical essay, Is Diss a System? presents some of the most outstanding and hilarious examples of Jewish dialect humor drawn from the five books Gross published between 1926 and 1928Nize Baby, De Night in de Front from Chreesmas, Hiawatta, Dunt Esk, and Famous Fimmalesproviding a fresh opportunity to look, read, and laugh at this nearly forgotten forefather of American Jewish humor.
- Series Statement
- The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections. 2010
- Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history.
- Alternative Title
- Works. 2010
- Subjects
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Gross, Milt, 1895-1953
- Caricatures and cartoons > United States
- United States
- American wit and humor, Pictorial
- Gross, Milt, 1895-1953 > Criticism and interpretation
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Jewish wit and humor, Pictorial
- Comic books, strips, etc > United States
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Genre/Form
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index.
- Contents
- Geeve a leesten! -- Gross examples -- Nize baby (excerpts) -- Dunt esk -- De night in de front from Chreesmas -- Hiawatta -- Famous fimmales -- Assorted images (from the archives of Milt Gross).
- Call Number
- JFD 15-3410
- ISBN
- 9780814748237 (cl : alk. paper)
- 0814748236 (cl : alk. paper)
- 9780814748374
- 0814748376
- LCCN
- 2009023998
- OCLC
- 326475794
- Author
- Gross, Milt, 1895-1953.
- Title
- Is diss a system? : a Milt Gross comic reader / edited by Ari Y. Kelman.
- Imprint
- New York : New York University Press, ©2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- The Goldstein-Goren series in American Jewish historyGoldstein-Goren series in American Jewish history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index.
- Added Author
- Kelman, Ari Y., 1971-
- Research Call Number
- JFD 15-3410