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“Sharing Our Past — Shaping Our Future” Since 1974 |
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Fall Conference 2010 |
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Office in Montpelier
11 Loomis Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 802.262.2626 Fax: 802.262.2620 E-mail: info@vermonthumanities.org |
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Comedy and Satire: It’s No Joke From Jonathan Swift to Jon Stewart,
November 12–13, 2010 |
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VHC invites you to its 37th annual fall conference, to enjoy the treatment that satirists and humorists throughout history have visited on the foolish and the wicked.
From Hogarth’s prints to modern cartoons, from Charlie Chaplin to Dr. Strangelove, from “The Pardoner’s Tale” to Mark Twain and Catch-22, satirists have wielded both razor and bludgeon in pursuit not just of improvement and humor, but also of justice—and just deserts.
Join us in exploring—and relishing—their work, which deflates the inflated and afflicts the comfortable. Our examination of satire may include literature, art, film, cartoons, television, theater, music, and the modern stand-up comic.
This is serious fun—please do join us.
Mark your calendars. To be sure you are on the VHC mailing list, e-mail info@vermonthumanities.org. |
