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Walter Blair

112

Works

836

Citations

14

h-index

17

i10-index

Research Topics

American Literature and Humor Studies American and British Literature Analysis American Sports and Literature

Affiliations

University of Iowa1973–1973

John Brown University1973–1973

New York Public Library1973–1973

Yale University1973–1973

Association of Research Libraries1973–1973

Top Works

American Humor: A Study of the National Character

Walter Blair,Constance Rourke

1931276 citations

Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

Race, History, and American Society

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain,Harriet Elinor Smith,et al.

202155 citations

The Mirth of a Nation: America's Great Dialect Humor

George W. Boswell,Walter Blair,et al.

198440 citations

The Columbian Muse of Comedy: The Development of a Native Tradition in Early American Social Comedy, 1787-1845.

Walter Blair,Daniel F. Havens

197434 citations

Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain: A Biography.

Walter Blair,Justin Kaplan

196734 citations

The Innocent Eye: Childhood in Mark Twain's Imagination.

Walter Blair,Albert E. Stone

196233 citations

The Feminine Fifties

Walter Blair,Fred Lewis Pattee

194029 citations

Mark Twain and Huck Finn.

E. Hudson Long,Walter Blair

196128 citations

The Rise and Fall of American Humor.

Walter Blair,Jesse Bier

196927 citations