James Thurber (1894–1961)
Auteur de The Thurber Carnival
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Thurber was blinded in one eye in a childhood accident. He attended Ohio State University but left without earning a degree. In 1925 he moved to New York City, where he joined the staff of the New Yorker in 1927 at the urging of his friend E. B. White. For the rest of his afficher plus lifetime, Thurber contributed to the magazine his highly individual pieces and those strange, wry, and disturbing pen-and-ink drawings of "huge, resigned dogs, the determined and sometimes frightening women, the globular men who try so hard to think so unsuccessfully." The period from 1925, when the New Yorker was founded, until the death of its creator-editor, Harold Ross, in 1951, was described by Thurber in delicious and absorbing detail in The Years with Ross (1959). Of his two great talents, Thurber preferred to think of himself primarily as a writer, illustrating his own books. He published "fables" in the style of Aesop (see Vol. 2) and La Fontaine (see Vol. 2)---usually with a "barbed tip of contemporary significance"---children's books, several plays (two Broadway hits, one successful musical revue), and endless satires and parodies in short stories or full-length works. "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," included in My World---and Welcome to It (1942), is probably his best-known story and continues to be frequently anthologized. T. S. Eliot described Thurber's work as "a form of humor which is also a way of saying something serious." (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de James Thurber
Fables for Our Time and Famous Poems Illustrated (1952) — Illustrateur — 387 exemplaires, 4 critiques
Thurber's men, women, and dogs, a book of drawings with a preface by Dorothy Parker (1943) 191 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor, and Himself (1989) — Auteur — 128 exemplaires
People Have More Fun Than Anybody: A Centennial Celebration Of Drawings And Writings (1994) 59 exemplaires
Thurber and Company: A New Collection of Drawings of Male and Female Animals Including the Human (1966) 49 exemplaires
The Dog Department: James Thurber on Hounds, Scotties, and Talking Poodles (2001) 43 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Vintage Thurber: A Selection of the Best Writings and Drawings of James Thurber: v. 2 (1963) 42 exemplaires
Selected Shorts: Timeless Classics (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) (2006) 38 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Vintage Thurber: A Selection of the Best Writings and Drawings of James Thurber:Two Volume Set (1974) 38 exemplaires
Vintage Thurber: A Selection of the Best Writings and Drawings of James Thurber: v. 1 (1963) 35 exemplaires
The James Thurber Audio Collection: Fables and Selected Stories by James Thurber (2011) 12 exemplaires, 1 critique
Is Sex Necessary?, etc 3 exemplaires
Il più grand'uomo del mondo: racconti 3 exemplaires
The Night the Bed Fell 3 exemplaires
A Thurber garland 3 exemplaires
Love Is A Funny Business (Quick Reader 126) 3 exemplaires
If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox [short story] 3 exemplaires
Interview with a Lemming [short story] 3 exemplaires
The Scotty Who Knew Too Much {short story' 2 exemplaires
A Thurber Carnival 2 exemplaires
La notte degli spiriti e altre storie 2 exemplaires
超級神學講座 [錄影資料] = SuperDoc (Super Doctrine) seminar 2 exemplaires
The years with Ross 2 exemplaires
You Could Look It Up 2 exemplaires
Gezeichnete Parodien zu Balladen v. Friedrich Schiller, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sir Walter Scott u. Alfred Lord… 2 exemplaires
Rare JAMES THURBER Writings and Drawings Library of America 1996 in Slipcase [Hardcover] James Thurber 1 exemplaire
Memorable Quotations from James Thurber 1 exemplaire
13 האורלוגין 1 exemplaire
Rare Antique GENIUS OF JAMES THURBER FOLIO SOCIETY Stories FICTION Humor COMICAL Fiction 1 exemplaire
Trzynaście zegarów 1 exemplaire
My World---And Welcome to It 1 exemplaire
A Thurber Carnival (Playbill) [Vol 4 No 16] 1 exemplaire
ALARMS AND DIVERSIONS. THE THURBER CARNIVAL. SELECTIONS FROM JAMES THURBER'S WRITINGS & DRAWINGS OVER 30 YEARS 1 exemplaire
Alleen 1 exemplaire
The Rgurber Album 1 exemplaire
My Life and Hard Times and Other Conversations 1 exemplaire
O cartaz de Mr. Martin 1 exemplaire
My Life and Hard Times, etc 1 exemplaire
Zehn goldene Regeln für das Zusammenleben mit hundert warnenden Beispielen by... (1991) 1 exemplaire
Thurber Carnival, Thw 1 exemplaire
A Full Confession 1 exemplaire
The Hound and the Bug 1 exemplaire
Secret Life Of Walter Mitty And Other Play 1 exemplaire
The Foolhardy Mouse and the Curious Cat 1 exemplaire
James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times 1 exemplaire
Sælen der blev berømt og andre historier 1 exemplaire
[No title] 1 exemplaire
The Lady on the Bookcase 1 exemplaire
Zehn goldene Regeln für das Zusammenleben mit 100 warnenden Beispielen / Der Hund, der die Leute biß. Und andere… (1996) 1 exemplaire
Thurbers Men Women & Dogs a Book of Drawings 1 exemplaire
De tretten ure 1 exemplaire
Favole per il nostro tempo 1 exemplaire
The Great Quillow 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 938 exemplaires, 7 critiques
Fierce Pajamas: An Anthology of Humor Writing from The New Yorker (2001) — Contributeur — 716 exemplaires, 6 critiques
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributeur — 574 exemplaires, 4 critiques
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (1986) — Contributeur — 464 exemplaires, 4 critiques
The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century (2000) — Contributeur — 458 exemplaires, 7 critiques
Drinking, Smoking and Screwing: Great Writers on Good Times (1994) — Contributeur — 337 exemplaires, 4 critiques
The 50 Funniest American Writers: An Anthology of Humor from Mark Twain to The Onion (2011) — Contributeur — 250 exemplaires, 3 critiques
The Pocket Book of Modern American Short Stories (1971) — Contributeur — 145 exemplaires, 2 critiques
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributeur — 134 exemplaires, 1 critique
Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories (1990) — Contributeur — 118 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Baseball Reader: Favorites from the Fireside Book of Baseball (1980) — Contributeur — 108 exemplaires
Cavalcade of comedy; 21 brilliant comedies from Jonson and Wycherley to Thurber and Coward (1953) — Contributeur — 98 exemplaires
Bangs and Whimpers: Stories about the End of the World (1999) — Contributeur — 85 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Glorious American Essay: One Hundred Essays from Colonial Times to the Present (2020) — Contributeur — 84 exemplaires
The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories (2002) — Contributeur — 78 exemplaires
Murder by the Book: Literary Mysteries from Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1995) — Contributeur — 67 exemplaires
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1972) — Contributeur — 56 exemplaires
The Signet Classic Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1985) — Contributeur — 43 exemplaires, 1 critique
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 5: Community Responsibility (1969) — Contributeur — 30 exemplaires
The Best of Both Worlds: An Anthology of Stories for All Ages (1968) — Contributeur — 25 exemplaires, 1 critique
Zoo 2000: Twelve Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Beasts (1973) — Contributeur — 24 exemplaires
The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories (2021) — Contributeur; Contributeur — 23 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Discovering Fiction Student's Book 1: A Reader of American Short Stories (2001) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
Half-a-Hundred Stories for Men, Great Tales by American Writers (2005) — Contributeur — 16 exemplaires
The Defective Detective: Mystery Parodies by the Great Humorists (1992) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Pause to Wonder: Stories of the Marvelous , Mysterious and Strange (1947) — Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
Alexanders langes Leben, Stalins früher Tod und andere abwegige Geschichten. Erzählungen und Berichte aus… (1999) — Contributeur — 12 exemplaires
Amerikanische Kurzgeschichten (American Short Stories) (English and German Edition) (1956) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
Ten Years of Holiday: Selected by the Editors of Holiday Magazine (1956) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
Voor en na middernacht : vierendertig beroemde spook- en griezelverhalen (1949) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Reading in English for Students of English as a Second Language (1980) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 1 (1953) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Rex Lardner Selects the Best of Sports Fiction — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Baseball Tales: How I Got My Nickname / You Could Look It Up / The Rollicking God (1993) 1 exemplaire
Hånden i sandet og andre virkelige kriminalsager skildret af berømte kriminalforfattere (1974) 1 exemplaire, 1 critique
Behind the Wheel: Stories of Cars on Road and Track — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Eleven American Stories — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
14 American Masterpieces Vol.1 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Configurations: American Short Stories for the EFL Classroom, Advanced Level (1984) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Al pie del acantilado — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Thurber, James
- Nom légal
- Thurber, James Grover
- Date de naissance
- 1894-12-08
- Date de décès
- 1961-11-02
- Lieu de sépulture
- Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Lieu du décès
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause du décès
- complications from pneumonia
- Lieux de résidence
- Washington, D.C., USA
Paris, France
New York, New York, USA
Columbus, Ohio, USA - Études
- Ohio State University
- Professions
- cartoonist
author
playwright
reporter
code clerk - Organisations
- The New Yorker
U.S. Department of State - Prix et distinctions
- Caldecott Medal (1944)
Membres
Discussions
Found: Kid’s book about a haunted castle à Name that Book (Novembre 2023)
Critiques
The Thurber Carnival par James Thurber
Thurber was dark, and very perceptive. He has a lighter hand than Bierce, but that says little. We have a very comprehensive anthology here, and one to be read with profit by any civilized person.
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15 selections from Thurber's writings & drawings as well as 4 complete works along with 7 uncollected pieces are included in this LOA volume. I remember reading as a child from my grandma's library which had one Thurber's work & I was quite amused with the drawings. Only later in reading Thurber's writings I get the amusement & satirical bent in his work. The reader will find Thurber tickling your funny bone, that is, if you need to laugh.
We've been asked to read a book the year we were born.
Highly praised and loved by Neil Gaiman, the word-play and silly/seriousness is ideal for reading out loud to children. Make sure to read it will all the voices!
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Best Audiobooks (1)
Best Beach Reads (1)
Read These Too (1)
Ambleside Books (1)
Folio Society (1)
Short and Sweet (1)
1950s (1)
Children's Humor (1)
Five Star Novels (1)
Read This Next (1)
1930s (2)
1940s (2)
Favourite Books (1)
Audio Books (1)
Princess Tales (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 159
- Aussi par
- 152
- Membres
- 16,781
- Popularité
- #1,339
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 337
- ISBN
- 321
- Langues
- 14
- Favoris
- 82
