LEACOCK, Stephen (Butler)
- LEACOCK, Stephen (Butler)
(1869-1944)
Canadian economist and writer of many books of humorous sketches, the most famous being perhaps Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (coll 1912). Sf often featured as the target of the more fantastical ofthese sketches, beginning with spoofs like "The Man in Asbestos", which parodies H.G. WELLS's THE TIME MACHINE, and other stories in Nonsense Novels (coll 1911 UK). The Iron Man and the Tin Woman, with Other SuchFuturities: A Book of Little Sketches of To-day and Tomorrow (coll 1929 US) and Afternoons in Utopia: Tales of the New Time (coll 1932 US) contain the highest proportion of this sort of material - UTOPIAS being a favourite target-but examples can be found in many of his collections.
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Other works: Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy (coll 1917 UK); Frenzied Fiction (coll 1918 UK); The Hohenzollerns in America, With the Bolsheviks in Berlin, and Other Impossibilities (coll 1919 UK); Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels (coll 1920 UK).
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Leacock,Stephen Butler — Lea·cock (lēʹkŏk ), Stephen Butler. 1869 1944. Canadian economist who is best remembered for his humorous writing, contained in volumes such as Literary Lapses (1910) and Nonsense Novels (1911). * * * … Universalium
Leacock, Stephen (Butler) — (30 dic. 1869, Swanmore, Hampshire, Inglaterra–28 mar. 1944, Toronto, Ontario, Canadá). Escritor y conferencista canadiense nacido en Gran Bretaña. Emigró a Canadá con sus padres a los seis años de edad. A pesar de que enseñó economía y ciencias… … Enciclopedia Universal
Leacock, Stephen (Butler) — born Dec. 30, 1869, Swanmore, Hampshire, Eng. died March 28, 1944, Toronto, Ont., Can. British born Canadian writer and lecturer. He immigrated to Canada with his parents at age six. Though he taught economics and political science at McGill… … Universalium
Leacock, Stephen — ▪ Canadian author in full Stephen Butler Leacock born Dec. 30, 1869, Swanmore, Hampshire, Eng. died March 28, 1944, Toronto, Ont., Can. internationally popular Canadian humorist, educator, lecturer, and author of more than 30 books of… … Universalium
Stephen Butler Leacock — noun Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869 1944) • Syn: ↑Leacock, ↑Stephen Leacock • Instance Hypernyms: ↑economist, ↑economic expert, ↑humorist, ↑humourist … Useful english dictionary
Stephen Leacock — Stephen Butler Leacock, Ph.D , FRSC (30 December 1869 ndash; 28 March 1944) was a Canadian writer and economist. Early lifeBorn in Swanmore, Hampshire, England, at the age of six Leacock and his family moved to Canada, settling on a farm in Egypt … Wikipedia
LEACOCK (S. B.) — LEACOCK STEPHEN BUTLER (1869 1944) C’est en Angleterre, à Swanmore (Hampshire), qu’est né Stephen Butler Leacock. Sa famille émigre au Canada en 1876, et s’installe dans la région du lac Simcoe, en Ontario. Malgré les modestes ressources de la… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Butler — Butler, Nicholas Murray Butler, Samuel * * * (as used in expressions) Butler, Benjamin F(ranklin) Butler, Joseph Butler, Nicholas M(urray) Butler, R(ichard) A(usten), barón de Saffron Walden Butler, Samuel James Butler Hickok Leacock, Stephen… … Enciclopedia Universal
Leacock — (Stephen Butler) (1869 1944), écrivain canadien d expression anglaise célèbre pour ses récits humoristiques: Nonsense Novels (1911), Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich (1914) … Encyclopédie Universelle
Stephen Leacock — Demande de traduction Stephen Leacock → S … Wikipédia en Français
Leacock — noun Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869 1944) • Syn: ↑Stephen Leacock, ↑Stephen Butler Leacock • Instance Hypernyms: ↑economist, ↑economic expert, ↑humorist, ↑humourist … Useful english dictionary
