C Grant Loomis
Biographic Data
| ID | 702298 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Grant Loomis |
| GIVEN NAMES | C Grant |
| FAMILY NAME | Loomis |
| SIGNATURE | LOOMIS C G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 97 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 97 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1933 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Exploring Other Worlds
Goose-Bone Science
Superstitions, 1833-1851
Four Gambling Yarns
Texas Notes, 1869-1882
Word Usage before 1845
Proverbial Phrases in Journalistic Wordplay
Proverbs in Business
Little Drops of Water
Folklore Research around the World
American Limerick Traditions
Life in Pendleton, Oregon, 1876-1878
Dancing Frolic, 1804
Lives of Great Men
The Types of the Folktale
The Grimms' German Folk Tales
The Hell Yau Did Nat Say
Some Name Traditions in Epigrammatic Satire
NAnt E-CALLING AND WORDPLAY seem to have gone hand in hand since earliest recorded literature. Analogous sounds suggest play of meaning. Names based upon personal characteristics frequently have innate satire. When satire found its way into brief pungent verses, headed either by a name-title or incorporating the name into the lines, we have one form, perhaps the most clearly recognized form of the epigram
Beiträge zur vergleichenden Erzählforschung , hrsg. Kurt Ranke
German Witchcraft
Illinois Poltergeist
Emerson's Proverbs
Mary Had a Parody
Felix's Life of Saint Guthlac . Bertram Colgrave
Witch-Burning
Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend
White Magic
Pigtails and Gold Dust
California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco
Traditional American Wordplay
Some Name Traditions in Epigrammatic Satire
NAnt E-CALLING AND WORDPLAY seem to have gone hand in hand since earliest recorded literature. Analogous sounds suggest play of meaning. Names based upon personal characteristics frequently have innate satire. When satire found its way into brief pungent verses, headed either by a name-title or incorporating the name into the lines, we have one form, perhaps the most clearly recognized form of the epigram
Surnames in American Wordplay
RDPLAY AND PUNNING lie at the basis of a very large segment of American journalistic humor, particularly in the pioneer days before the Civil War. Hackneyed traces persist to our own times in the belabored efforts of professional gag-men, those feeders of jests to the frequently feeble purveyors of wit on radio and television programs. In sturdier. days, patterns of double meaning were numerous. Any word, phrase, regional allusion, or name might …
Jump Rope Rhymes
A Treasury of Western Folklore
A Tall Tale Miscellany, 1830-1866
Proverbs in Business
The Hell Yau Did Nat Say
A Guide to American Folklore
American Wellerisms in the 'Golden Era
King Arthur and the Saints
The Ring of Polycrates in the Legends of the Saints
An Unnoted German Reference to Increase Mather
A Notice of Harvard at Riga in 1691
"Four Shillings, Sir"
American Wellerisms in the 'Golden Era
The Miracle Traditions of the Venerable Bede
Dan De Quille's Mark Twain
Research Article| September 01 1946 Dan De Quille's Mark Twain C. Grant Loomis C. Grant Loomis Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (1946) 15 (3): 336–347. https://doi.org/10.2307/3635481 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search S…
Davy Crockett Visits Boston
Jonathanisms
Some Lore of Yankee Genius, 1831-1863
A Tall Tale Miscellany, 1830-1866
Saints and Saint Makers of New Mexico
Jonathan Draws the Long Bow
"Tough" Californiana
Sylvester Judd's New England Lore
Bonanza Railroads
California Anecdotes from the East, 1849-1858
The Captive B'ar in California Amusements
To Go the Whole Hog
Pigtails and Gold Dust
Chain Conundrums
Gold, Guns, and Ghost Towns
Jephthah and His Daughter, A Study in Comparative Literature
California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco
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