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Elective English—IV

Notes 4. What is the Stephen Leacock Associates?
5. Throw light on Stephen Leacock major works.
6. Talk about the academic life of Stephen Leacock.
7. What according to Stephen are the problems of the rich people?

8. Which literary device is used in the essay Are the Rich Happy? written by Stephen Leacock?
9. Where did this essay originally appear?
10. Write a summary of the essay Are the Rich Happy? in your own words.
11. Who was Barbara Nimmo? What did she do after Stephen’s death?

12. How was the American comedian Jack Benny introduced to Leacock’s writing?

5.6 Further Readings

Books Davies R. (1970) Stephen Leacock, McClelland and Stewart.
Leacock S. (2005) Further Foolishness: Sketches and Satires on the Follies of the Day,
Kessinger Publishing.

Leacock S. (2006 ) Literary Lapses, Echo Library.
Lynch G. (1988) Stephen Leacock: Humour and Humanity, McGill-Queen’s Press.
MacMillan M. (2009) Stephen Leacock, Penguin Canada.

Online links http://leacock.ca/
http://leacock.ca/about/stephen-leacock/
http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/authors/Leacock.html

http://www.online-literature.com/stephen-leacock/further-foolishness/16/

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