Wit's end : (Record no. 21484)
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| fixed length control field | 02199cam a2200205 i 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780393254945 (hardcover) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 809.7 |
| Item number | GEA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | Geary, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1962- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Wit's end : |
| Sub Title | what wit is, how it works, and why we need it / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | James Geary. |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | What wit is, how it works, and why we need it |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | W.W. Norton & Company, |
| Year of publication | ©2019 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 226 pages : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 22 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references(pages 181-211) and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Oft was thought, an essay in sixty-four lines --<br/>One bad apple, or, An apology for paronomasia --<br/>Thirty-five days in May --<br/>Watchers at the gates of mind: wit and its relation to Witzelsucht, malapropisms, and bipolar disorder --<br/>Perfect witty expressions and how to make them --<br/>Advanced banter --<br/>An ode to wit --<br/>Turning words --<br/>My name is Wit --<br/>Slapstick metaphysics --<br/>The chains of habit --<br/>Finding minds --<br/>Ambiguous figures --<br/>Wisdom of the sages --<br/>True wit --<br/>Wit's end. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom."--Stephen Fry. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns demonstrate the essence of creativity. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there's the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of inventors, the optical wit of artists, and the metaphysical wit of philosophers. In Wit's End, Geary embraces wit in every form by adopting a different style for each chapter; he writes the section on verbal repartee as a dramatic dialogue, the neuroscience of wit as a scientific paper, the spirituality of wit as a sermon, and other chapters in jive, rap, and the heroic couplets of Alexander Pope. Demonstrating that brevity really is the soul of wit, Geary crafts each chapter from concise sections of 200, 400, or 800 words. Entertaining, illuminating, and entirely unique, Wit's End shows how wit is much more than a sense of humor." -- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Subject | Wit and humor |
| General subdivision | History and criticism. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Bill Date | Full call number | Accession Number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | Institute of Public Enterprise, Library | S Campus | 01/05/2022 | Atlantic Publishers | 1405.30 | 24-12-2021 | 809.7 GEA | 45858 | 01/05/2022 | Books |
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