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LEADER: 02714cam 2200469 a 4500
001 ocn232127369
003 OCoLC
005 20101103120945.0
008 081120s2009 nyu b 000 0 eng
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050 00 $aPN6231.I65$bD46 2009
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100 1 $aDenby, David.
245 10 $aSnark :$ba polemic in seven fits /$cDavid Denby.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2009.
300 $a128 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 123-125).
520 $aA New Yorker film critic and author of American Sucker evaluates the cultural consequences of snide and sarcastic language that has become pervasive in today's political, entertainment, and other public arenas, in an assessment that cites the importance of developing true wit instead of insult-based forms of communication.
505 0 $aThe first fit: the republic of snark -- The second fit: a brief, highly intermittent history of snark, part 1 -- The third fit: a brief, highly intermittent history of snark, part 2 -- The fourth fit: anatomy of a style -- The fifth fit: the conscience of a snarker -- The sixth fit: Maureen Dowd -- The seventh fit: what is not snark.
650 0 $aInvective.
650 0 $aInvective$vHumor.
650 0 $aWit and humor$xSocial aspects.
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