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Summary. Ring Lardner was a sharp-witted American humorist who had an amazing ear for malapropisms, idioms, and the lively vernacular of early 20th-century Chicago and later the East Coast. Originally a sports writer for baseball, Lardner branched out to short stories in 1914, when he wrote serial fiction for the Saturday Evening Post.
25 de mai. de 2021 · Ring Lardner’s “Haircut,” however, once referred to as “one of the cruelest pieces of American fiction” (Hardwick 1963), uses small-town life to expose the weaknesses, irony, and coldhearted self-interest inherent in the social contract of relationships. Lardner, well recognized for his bitter and cynical stories overflowing with ...
7 de fev. de 2024 · Mr. and Mrs. Ring Lardner, circa April 6, 1926. Lardner was a famous sports reporter and columnist. (Chicago Herald and Examiner) glass plate negative, box 1030. He was, as Rapoport writes in his ...
Ring Lardner Jr. Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr. (9 de agosto de 1915 – 31 de octubre de 2000) fue un periodista y guionista estadounidense ganador de dos Oscars, que fue incluido en las listas negras de los estudios de Hollywood durante la caza de brujas de la era del Macartismo .
Ring Lardner was one of America’s greatest humorists. He was a master of vernacular literature, a sharp but cynical satirist who focused on stories about the “common man.”. But his favorite subject was baseball, and he used the game and its many colorful characters to shed light on the absurdity of life in the Major Leagues.
1 de set. de 2013 · In 1946 Viking published The Portable Ring Lardner, a cross-section of his fiction, essays, newspaper columns, parodies and exquisitely silly nonsense plays, lovingly assembled by Gilbert Seldes.
23 de out. de 2023 · October 23, 2023. My point is that Ring Lardner’s stories helped shaped our nation’s sense of itself and its pastime, but these stories wouldn’t have existed without his experience in the Central League. That raucous baseball conglomerate of Midwest toughs and shady business dealings is down there in our cultural DNA. By Nicholas Mainieri.
