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Shakespeare's wordplay by Mahood, M. M. (Molly Maureen)

The colossal book of short puzzles and problems : combinatorics, probability, algebra, geometry, topology, chess, logic, cryptarithms, wordplay, physics and other topics of recreational mathematics 1st ed. by Gardner, Martin, 1914-2010

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The spirit of Montmartre : cabarets, humor, and the avant-garde, 1875-1905 by Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Society of the Four Arts, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art

Contents: “…From Rabelais to the Avant-Garde : wordplays and parody in the Wall-Journal Le Mur /…”

The Face of Nature : Wit, Narrative, and Cosmic Origins in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"" by Tissol, Garth, 1953-

Contents: “…Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction; CHAPTER 1; Glittering Trifles: Verbal Wit and Physical Transformation; Transgressive Language: Narcissus and Althea; Indecorous and Transformative Puns; Misunderstanding aura: Cephalus, Procris, and the Pun; Divinatory Wordplay: The Pun Overheard; Vox non intellecta: Irony and Metamorphic Wordplay (Myrrha); Littera scripta manet-Or Does It? …”
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Old faithful : 18 writers present their favorite writing assignments by Teachers & Writers Collaborative

Contents: “…Storytelling -- Autobiography and memoir -- Fiction -- Poetry -- Playwriting -- Wordplay -- Oral history.…”

The mother tongue : English & how it got that way by Bryson, Bill

Contents: “…The world's language -- The dawn of language -- Global language -- The first thousand years -- Where words come from -- Pronunciation -- Varieties of English -- Spelling -- Good English and bad -- Order out of chaos -- Old world, new world -- English as a world language -- Names -- Swearing -- Wordplay -- The future of English.…”

When i grow up Unabridged. by Yankovic, Al, 1959-

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Renaissance figures of speech

Contents: “…Synonymia: or, in other words / Sylvia Adamson -- Compar or parison: measure for measure / Russ McDonald -- Periodos: squaring the circle / Janel Mueller -- Puns: serious wordplay / Sophie Read -- Prosopopoeia: the speaking figure / Gavin Alexander -- Ekphrasis: painting in words / Claire Preston -- Hysteron proteron: or the preposterous / Patricia Parker -- Paradiastole: redescribing the vices as virtues / Quentin Skinner -- Syncrisis: the figure of contestation / Ian Donaldson -- Testimony: the artless proof / R.W. …”
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Alice's adventures in wonderland (diversion illustrated classics) by Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898

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The curse of lono Unabridged. by Thompson, Hunter S.

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Research on young children's humor : theoretical and practical implications for early childhood education by SpringerLink (Online service)

Contents: “…Cartoons as an educational tool to fight disability stereotypes; Eleni Loizou and Simoni Symeonidou -- 10: Linguistic Gymnastics: Humor and Wordplay in Childrens and Adolescent Literature; Lisa Maxwell Arter -- SECTION 3: Other perspectives and Contexts -- 11. …”
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Weird and witty tales of mystery by French, Joseph Lewis, 1858-1936

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A butt of heads Unabridged. by Haynes, Simon

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Noodles, nitwits, and numskulls by Leach, Maria

Contents: “…A riddle is a wonderful thing -- The riddle of the sphinx -- Seven sons -- The full moon -- Outriddling the princess -- The blind men and the elephant -- The house without eyes or ears -- With and without -- As many as-- -- Transportation problem -- Wordplay riddles.…”

Poe-tree by Evans Woolfe (Firm)

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The accidental by Smith, Ali, 1962-

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Shakespeare beyond the green world : drama and ecopolitics in Jacobean Britain by Borlik, Todd Andrew

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The book of not entirely useful advice by Harrold, A. F., 1975-

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A place for zero by LoPresti, Angeline Sparagna

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Skippyjon jones, lost in spice Unabridged. by Schachner, Judith Byron

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