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William E. Ellis
'Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.'—Irvin S. CobbBorn and raised in Paducah, Kentucky, humorist Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944) rose from humble beginnings to become one of the early twentieth century's most celebrated w
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William E. Ellis
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Irvin S. Cobb
Cobb moved to Hollywood at the invitation of Will Rogers and Hal Roach. With Cobb’s work in the film business, his writing tapered off. His involvement in the filming of Judge Priest, starring Will Rogers, renewed Cobb’s belief in himself and his
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0012
https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0012
Autor:
William E. Ellis
Publikováno v:
Irvin S. Cobb
American humor comes in many forms and derives from several influences. The southwestern frontier, the antebellum South, and the post–Civil War era are most important in interpreting the life of Kentuckian Irvin S. Cobb. In this chapter, the author
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0002
Autor:
William E. Ellis
Publikováno v:
Irvin S. Cobb
By mid-1917, Cobb had become one of the best-known celebrities in America. Ellis describes Cobb’s rise to fame, the experiences he had because of it, and his day-to-day activities. Next, Ellis follows Cobb on another trip to Europe in 1918, where h
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0008
Autor:
William E. Ellis
Publikováno v:
Irvin S. Cobb
Chapter 5 picks up at the start of World War I and details the importance of the press. Cobb was shipped off to Europe to be a foreign correspondent for the Saturday Evening Post. Ellis follows Cobb’s experiences and adventures as a wartime reporte
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0006
Autor:
William E. Ellis
Publikováno v:
Irvin S. Cobb
Cobb’s fame spread in the postwar years because of his creativity and his writing successes. He returned to his passion for reporting and politics when he covered the 1920 Democratic and Republican conventions. Cobb also began to roll out numerous
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0009
Autor:
William E. Ellis
In this brief introduction, Ellis poses the question: who was Cobb, and why is his story worth telling so many years after his death? To answer this question, he quotes substantially from Cobb’s work, highlighting Cobb’s skill and wit as a wordsm
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0001
https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0001
Autor:
William E. Ellis
As Cobb’s career hit rock bottom, his health declined, as did daughter Buff’s second marriage. However, he started to write his life story in the late 1930s, titled Exit Laughing. Cobb’s opposition to the New Deal and a third term for Roosevelt
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0013
https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0013
Autor:
William E. Ellis
Publikováno v:
Irvin S. Cobb
After his career move from the Saturday Evening Post to Cosmopolitan magazine, owned by William Randolph Hearst, Cobb continued to win awards for his brilliant storytelling. - A man who took great pride in his accomplishments, Cobb apparently cared l
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0010
https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0010
Autor:
William E. Ellis
Publikováno v:
Irvin S. Cobb
In the late 1920s Cobb’s popularity declined, due to the changing times. Although he continued to add books to his repertoire, they failed to receive critical acclaim. Other elements of Cobb’s life were still satisfying, such as his wanderlust an
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https://doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813173986.003.0011