Irvin S Cobb

Author : William E. Ellis
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813174007
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irvin S. Cobb written by William E. Ellis and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of a little-remembered Southern humorist “delivers on its claim that Cobb’s life is emblematic of changes that registered on a larger scale” (Journal of Southern History). “Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.” ?Irvin S. Cobb Born and raised in Paducah, Kentucky, humorist Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944) rose from humble beginnings to become one of the early twentieth century’s most celebrated writers. As a staff reporter for the New York World and Saturday Evening Post, he became one of the highest-paid journalists in the United States. He also wrote short stories for noted magazines, published books, and penned scripts for the stage and screen. In Irvin S. Cobb: The Rise and Fall of a Southern Humorist, historian William E. Ellis examines the life of this significant writer. Though a consummate wordsmith and a talented observer of the comical in everyday life, Cobb was a product of the Reconstruction era and the Jim Crow South. As a party to the endemic racism of his time, he often bemoaned the North’s harsh treatment of the South and stereotyped African Americans in his writings. Marred by racist undertones, Cobb’s work has largely slipped into obscurity. Nevertheless, Ellis argues that Cobb’s life and works are worthy of more detailed study, citing his wide-ranging contributions to media culture and his coverage of some of the biggest stories of his day, including on-the-ground reporting during World War I. A valuable resource for students of journalism, American humor, and popular culture, this illuminating biography explores Cobb’s life and his influence on early twentieth-century letters.

Author : Irvin S. Cobb
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Total Pages : 92 pages
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Author : Irvin S. Cobb
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3387307640
Total Pages : 518 pages
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Download or read book A laugh a Day Keeps the Doctor Away written by Irvin S. Cobb and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Irvin S. Cobb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993574245
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book Fishhead written by Irvin S. Cobb and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his lifetime Irvin S. Cobb was one of the most celebrated writers in American literature, though nowadays he is almost forgotten, apart perhaps from his Lovecraft connection. Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born in Paducah, Kentucky on the 23rd June, 1876. His father, unable to cope with the death of his own father, succumbed to alcoholism when Cobb was only sixteen. As a result, Cobb's education came to an end and he started work, first on the Paducah Daily News, then the Louisville Evening Post. By 1904 Cobb's career in journalism was doing so well that he moved to New York, where he would go on to spend the rest of his life, starting work at the Evening Sun, though it wasn't long before an assignment to cover the Russian-Japanese peace conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire so impressed Joseph Pulitzer that he offered Cobb a job at the New York World, where he became the highest-paid staff reporter in the United States. In 1911 Cobb moved to the Saturday Evening Post. Three years later he was asked to cover the Great War. Amongst the many stories he wrote while there were the exploits of the Harlem Hellfighters, a unit of black American soldiers who had gone on to earn distinction for their courage and discipline, which Cobb celebrated in his book The Glory of the Coming. Besides his prolific work as a journalist, Cobb's fame largely came from his humorous stories, which were published in the leading magazines of his day, and collected in numerous books during his lifetime. But, though he was best known as a humourist, he did have a darker side, exemplified by the tales collected in this volume. Two of the most famous succeeded in catching the attention of H. P. Lovecraft. It is claimed that Fishhead influenced Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth. And there is certainly no doubt that Lovecraft was favourably impressed with this tale. In his groundbreaking essay, Supernatural Horror in Literature, Lovecraft wrote: "Fishhead, an early achievement, is banefully effective in its portrayal of unnatural affinities between a hybrid idiot and the strange fish of an isolated lake..." The Unbroken Chain gave Lovecraft the key idea behind The Rats in the Walls, though in all other respects the two tales are totally different. Besides writing and journalism, Cobb's career extended to Hollywood, where legendary director, John Ford, made two films based on his books: Judge Priest (1934) and The Sun Shines Bright (1953). Other films included Peck's Bad Boy (1921), starring Jackie Coogan, and The Woman Accused (1933), with a young Cary Grant. Cobb also did a stint at acting himself, appearing in ten movies altogether, including Pepper, Everybody's Old Man (1936), Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) and Hawaii Calls (1938). It's a sign of the prominence he had achieved that in 1935 he was invited to host the 7th Academy Awards. Other than the tales that inspired Lovecraft, Cobb also wrote some brilliantly dark stories that culminate in a kind of sadistic irony. They are some of the finest conte cruel ever written. Amongst the best of these is the final story in this collection: Faith, Hope, and Charity, whose protagonists, as is often the case in Cobb's stories, struggle against fates that are not only pre-ordained but are horrendously appropriate! It must be added his hapless victims are far from blameless. What fates await them under Cobb's pen have most definitely been brought upon them by themselves! Through most of the tales there is a wry sense of humour, so wry, in fact, that it never detracts from the impact at the end; indeed, it often adds to and embellishes it! I hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as I did and share with me the conviction that it is high time they were revived.

Author : Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book Cobb's Anatomy written by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Irvin S. Cobb
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ISBN 13 : 9781494119294
Total Pages : 572 pages
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Download or read book Exit Laughing written by Irvin S. Cobb and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1941 edition.

Author : Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Publisher : Classic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Irvin Cobb at His Best written by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb and published by Classic Publishers. This book was released on 1923 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High quality reprint of Irvin Cobb at His Best by Irvin S. Cobb.

Author : Irvin S. Cobb
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498064866
Total Pages : 398 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Irvin S. Cobb written by Irvin S. Cobb and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1916 Edition.

Author : Irvin S. Cobb
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3734040302
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book Back Home written by Irvin S. Cobb and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Back Home by Irvin S. Cobb

Author : Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
Publisher : Classic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book J. Poindexter, Colored written by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb and published by Classic Publishers. This book was released on 1922 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High quality reprint of J. Poindexter, Colored by Irvin S. Cobb.