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Rogers, Will (1879-1935)
Humorist Will Rogers' impact upon American culture was great and lasting. He made himself into the archetypal American Everyman, apparently baffled and out-smarted by t...
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One of the most celebrated humorists and public figures of his day, Will Rogers (1879-1935) offered dry, whimsical commentaries on a plethora of political, social, and economic issues. His aphoristic,...
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William Penn Adair Rogers, according to his biographers, was the last of the cracker-barrel philosophers, that tradition of American humor which includes Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain...
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In the following essay, Canby discusses Rogers in the context of other "homespun philosophers."
Will Rogers was a fellow of infinite jest, a true Shakespearian clown, who used clowning t...
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In the following essay, Blair surveys early humorists who influenced Rogers.
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Plenty of people in 1930 were ready to swear that, in Kin Hubbard and Will Rogers, the twentieth century had produced two...
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In the following essay, Yates explains the ways in which Rogers adapted and modified the tradition of nineteenth-century American humorists.
As a frontispiece to the revised edition (1960) of his book...
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In the following essay, Brown examines Rogers's use of the "rugged individualist" philosophy in his work.
Will Rogers was dedicated to the vision of man as being intrinsically wor...
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In the following essay, Rollins argues that Rogers used his image to calm many of the social anxieties common to Americans at the time.
On August 15, 1935, Will Rogers and his pilot Wiley Post were ki...
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In the following essay, Rollins explains his attempt to revive the Will Rogers tradition in his own writing.
Will Rogers had an enormous impact on the people of his time, but sometimes I wonder if he ...
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In the following essay, Yagoda provides an explication of Rogers's political beliefs.
Politically, Will was a little hard to pin down. What was one to make of a columnist who, as occasion deman...
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In the following excerpt, Schechter examines Rogers's use of satire in his writings and performance.
Long before a former Hollywood actor entered the White House, theater was inextricably linke...
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Rogers, Will
Rogers, Will (1879-1935)
Will Rogers
Will(iam) (Penn Adair) Rogers
Critical Essay by Henry Seidel Canby
