WODEHOUSE, Sir P(elham) G(renville)
- WODEHOUSE, Sir P(elham) G(renville)
(1881-1975)
UK writer, resident in the USA from long before WWII, known mainly for his non-genre novels, most of them comic, published in an unbroken stream from 1902 to the end of his life. The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion (1909) spoofed thefuture- WAR/INVASION genre so popular in the UK before 1914 with its description of 9 simultaneous invasions, 7 of which collapse, leaving the German and the Russian armies in command. Their chiefs compete with oneanother in music-hall recitals of their feats until Boy Scout Clarence Chugwater exposes the fact that one of them is being paid more than theothers; the invasions end in ignominy. In Laughing Gas (1936) rival dentists' anaesthetics cause an identity switch between an earl and an obnoxious child star; the resulting story has all the marks of the typical PGW comedy, however, and is not easy to think of as sf.
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See also: CLUB STORY; The MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
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2011.
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Wodehouse, Sir P(elham) G(renville) — (15 oct. 1881, Guildford, Surrey, Inglaterra–14 feb. 1975, Southampton, N.Y., EE.UU.). Novelista, cuentista, dramaturgo y escritor de letras de canciones estadounidense, de origen inglés. Después de 1909 Wodehouse vivió por largos períodos en… … Enciclopedia Universal
Wodehouse, Sir P(elham) G(renville) — born Oct. 15, 1881, Guildford, Surrey, Eng. died Feb. 14, 1975, Southampton, N.Y., U.S. English born U.S. novelist, short story writer, lyricist, and playwright. He lived for long periods in the U.S. and France after 1909, and he settled in the U … Universalium
Wodehouse — [wood′hous] Sir P(elham) G(renville) 1881 1975; U.S. novelist & humorist, born in England … English World dictionary
Wodehouse — /wood hows /, n. Sir P(elham) G(renville) /pel euhm/, 1881 1975, U.S. novelist and humorist, born in England. * * * … Universalium
Wodehouse — Wode•house [[t]ˈwʊdˌhaʊs[/t]] n. big Sir P(elham) G(renville), 1881–1975, U.S. novelist and humorist, born in England … From formal English to slang
Sir Pelham — P(elham) G(renville) Wodehouse … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Pelham — (as used in expressions) Newcastle (under Lyme), Thomas Pelham Holles, 1 duque de Pelham, Henry Wodehouse, Sir P(elham) G(renville) … Enciclopedia Universal
