Stephen Leacock
Stephen Leacock, Canada`s foremost literary humorist, enjoyed a huge popular success in his time, and a number of his comic works, especially Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, still have the power to delight today`s readers. But Leacock accomplished much more. He was also a professor of political science and economics; he produced 61 works in several fields; he wrote more than 90 scholarly articles. James Doyle explores both the private and public lives of this prominent and prolific writer. Highlights of this illustrated biography include Leacock`s hardworking life as a child growing up on a farm in a lost corner of Ontario ; the university years which resulted in a PhD in economics and political science from the University of Chicago; the motivations behind Leacock`s dual commitment to social commentary and comic writing; and his conservatism - his ardent belief in the British empire - and how it affected his increasingly active career on the international lecture circuit.

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