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   May 27, 2020 · Through the obvious card stacking one sees Lardner’s intention. He hates brutality and he hates the way brutality is not only ignored but also rewarded in our society. Midge Kelly is not a believable character; he is a symbol on which Lardner heaps all of the abuse he can muster.

2. www.commentary.org › the-case-of-ring-lardnerThe Case of Ring Lardner – Commentary Magazine

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   Lardner wrote about big leaguers largely: not boys, men, in danger every second of demotion to the minors, or focuses of national attention. They were nowhere, and they will be nowhere. Here they are, in continuous crisis, dramatized in the key plays Lardner describes so well.

3. oxfordre.com › literature › abstractLardner, Ring | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature

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   Ring Lardner was a sharp-witted American humorist who had an amazing ear for malapropisms, idioms, and the lively vernacular of early 20th-century Chicago and later the East Coast.

4. academic.oup.com › book › 10219Ring Lardner and the Other | Oxford Academic

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   Feb 11, 1993 · This new book examines the writings of a critically neglected American writer; it also uses Lardner as the basis for a theoretical inquiry into language and literature, and a study of men and masculinity at the turn of the century.

5. literariness.org › 2021/05/25 › analysis-of-ringAnalysis of Ring Lardner’s Haircut – Literary Theory and ...

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   May 25, 2021 · Lardner, well recognized for his bitter and cynical stories overflowing with greed, dishonesty, and cruel humor, created a small fictitious town somewhere in Michigan; opened a barbershop; filled it with locals; and sat a stranger down in the chair for a haircut.

6. www.theatlantic.com › entertainment › archiveThe Greatest Baseball Novel Ever Written: Ring Lardner's

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   Aug 28, 2013 · The Greatest Baseball Novel Ever Written: Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al. The 1916 book traces the misadventures of a struggling pitcher through the letters he writes home to his friend Al. By...

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   Who was Ring Lardner?

   • This chapter highlights Ring Lardner, a widely popular writer in his day who cared little for literary pretension, evidenced by his satirical prefaces for How to Write Short Stories (with Samples) (1924) and The Love Nest and Other Stories (1926) for Charles Scribner’s Sons.

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   Was Ring Lardner A 'champion'?

   • If it were not for the brutality, “Champion” would be a maudlin tearjerker. The truth seems to be that, underneath the pose of the realist, observer, and reporter of American crudities, Ring Lardner was a sensitive, even a sentimental man.

   Analysis of Ring Lardner’s Stories - Literary Theory and Criticism

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   What books did Ring Lardner write?

   • Ring W. Lardner, The Love Next and Other Stories (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1926), v. 72. Opie Read (not “Reade”) was a popular comic writer and founder of the Arkansas Traveler magazine. 73. Lardner, The Love Nest, vi. 74. Lardner, The Love Nest, vii. 75. Yardley, Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner, 295. 76.

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   Why did Ring Lardner call his final story 'ensemble'?

   • Ring Lardner had wanted to call his final story collection of the 1920s “Ensemble,” after considering “Our Kind,” “Some of Ours,” “Such as We,” and “Sorts and Conditions,” but Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Charles Scribner’s Sons, settled on Round Up. 3 Lardner didn’t like the title, thinking it too Western.

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   Was Lardner a friend?

   • He was one of the most heavily armored men, and one of the most exposed, that even this country can ever have produced. That is, Lardner was wise; he never let anybody get close. So if somebody ripped his heart out, it was not a friend. All the lies told about him were by acquaintances and strangers.

   The Case of Ring Lardner - Commentary Bk, Commentary Magazine

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   Who wrote Ring Lardner's American characters?

   • Edmund Wilson, “Ring Lardner’s American Characters,” The Dial (July 1924). Reprinted in The Shores of Light: A Literary Chronicle of the Twenties and Thirties (New York: Farrar, Strauss and Young, Inc., 1952), 97. 20. Wilson, “Ring Lardner’s American Characters,” 98. 21. Wilson, “Ring Lardner’s American Characters,” 98. 22.

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   Nov 7, 2021 · This chapter highlights Ring Lardner, a widely popular writer in his day who cared little for literary pretension, evidenced by his satirical prefaces for How to Write Short Stories (with Samples) (1924) and The Love Nest and Other Stories (1926) for Charles...