MDS 809.7
Wording: Literature & rhetoric Literature, rhetoric & criticism History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures Comedy
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0 Computer science, information & general works 252,013 ℹ️ | 1 Philosophy and Psychology 270,129 🧠 | 2 Religion 681,242 🙏 | 3 Society, Government, and Culture 1,328,382 👫 | 4 Language 209,883 💬 | 5 Natural sciences & mathematics 431,918 🔬 | 6 Applied Science & Technology 940,635 💡 | 7 Arts & recreation 1,031,850 🎨 | 8 Literature & rhetoric 1,436,736 📚 | 9 History & geography 837,760 🗺️ |
80 Literature, rhetoric & criticism 100,940 📚 | 81 American literature in English 587,090 🍁 | 82 English & Old English literatures 356,026 🏴 | 83 German & related literatures 121,338 🇩🇪 | 84 French Literature 84,536 🇫🇷 | 85 Italian, Romanian & related literatures 38,450 🇮🇹 | 86 Spanish Literature 60,869 🇪🇸 | 87 Latin & Italic literatures 8,254 📜 | 88 Classical & modern Greek literatures 14,545 🇬🇷 | 89 Asian Literature 64,605 🗨 |
800 Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric 8,406 | 801 Philosophy and theory 5,333 ☁️ | 802 Miscellany 318 | 803 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, concordances 531 📕 | 804 [Formerly: Essays, Letters, Addresses] 297 📄 | 805 Serial publications 671 📰 | 806 Organizations and management 118 | 807 Education, research, related topics 829 🎓 | 808 Composition 58,012 🔊 | 809 History, description, critical appraisal of more than two literatures 26,425 |
809.0 By Period 2,071 | 809.1 Poetry 1,490 | 809.2 Drama 1,097 | 809.3 Fiction 3,379 | 809.4 Essays 201 | 809.5 Public Speaking 28 | 809.6 Letters 58 | 809.7 Comedy 222 | 809.8 By or for groups of persons 2,227 | 809.9 Literature displaying specific features, miscellaneous writings 7,187 |
809.70 5 | 809.71 | 809.72 | 809.73 | 809.74 | 809.75 | 809.76 | 809.77 | 809.78 | 809.79 15 |
Selected Works under MDS 809.7 (222)
- Jewish Humor: What the Best Jewish Jokes Say About the Jews by Joseph Telushkin
- The Naked Jape: Uncovering the Hidden World of Jokes by Jimmy Carr
- Stop Me If You've Heard This: A History and Philosophy of Jokes by Jim Holt
- Snark by David Denby
- Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters by Ted Cohen
- Planet Funny: How Comedy Took Over Our Culture by Ken Jennings
- Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor, First Series {complete} by Gershon Legman
- Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It by James Geary
- Jewish Comedy: A Serious History by Jeremy Dauber
- Humorists: From Hogarth to Noël Coward by Paul Johnson
- Humour by Terry Eagleton
- A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them…and Much More. Maybe Too Much More by Dave Barry
- Anatomy of Satire by Gilbert Highet
- No Joke: Making Jewish Humor by Ruth R. Wisse
- Satire by Matthew John Caldwell Hodgart
- Verbalia : juegos de palabras y esfuerzos del ingenio literario by Màrius Serra
- Parody by Simon Dentith
- No Laughing Matter: Rationale of the Dirty Joke, Second Series {complete} by Gershon Legman
- Sudden Glory: Laughter as Subversive History by Barry Sanders
- Comic Relief: A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor by John Morreall
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| 1922 Edition |
| Modern Language |
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