SOURCE: "'The Black, Memorable Year 1929': James Thurber and The Great Depression," in Studies in American Humor, Vol. 3, Nos. 2 & 3, Summer/Fall, 1982, pp. 237-52.
In this essay, Arner discusses the first ten years of Thurber's writing career and his humor's relation to the Depression era.
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