Bill Wannan's Classics Of Australian Humour
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
From the sun-baked outback to the rattling streets of early colonial towns, Bill Wannan's Classics of Australian Humour presents a rollicking treasury of the wit, larrikinism, and irreverent spirit that has long defined the Australian national character. Curated by one of Australia's most celebrated folklorists, this anthology gathers the finest comic writing, yarns, and anecdotes from across the continent's history, chronicling the jokes, tall tales, and deadpan observations that have made Australians laugh for generations. Bill Wannan, a tireless champion of Australian folklore and popular culture, illustrates through this collection just how deeply humour is woven into the fabric of everyday Australian life — a coping mechanism, a social leveller, and a badge of cultural identity. The selections range from the sardonic to the slapstick, capturing voices from shearers and battlers to city wits and bush poets, all united by a distinctly antipodean sensibility. For anyone wishing to understand the Australian soul, there is no better — or more entertaining — place to start than between these covers.
Author: Bill Wannan
Format: Hardback
Genre: Humour
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
From the sun-baked outback to the rattling streets of early colonial towns, Bill Wannan's Classics of Australian Humour presents a rollicking treasury of the wit, larrikinism, and irreverent spirit that has long defined the Australian national character. Curated by one of Australia's most celebrated folklorists, this anthology gathers the finest comic writing, yarns, and anecdotes from across the continent's history, chronicling the jokes, tall tales, and deadpan observations that have made Australians laugh for generations. Bill Wannan, a tireless champion of Australian folklore and popular culture, illustrates through this collection just how deeply humour is woven into the fabric of everyday Australian life — a coping mechanism, a social leveller, and a badge of cultural identity. The selections range from the sardonic to the slapstick, capturing voices from shearers and battlers to city wits and bush poets, all united by a distinctly antipodean sensibility. For anyone wishing to understand the Australian soul, there is no better — or more entertaining — place to start than between these covers.