Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gilbert, Christopher J., author.
Title: Caricature and national character : the United States at war / Christopher J. Gilbert.
Other titles: Humor in America.
Description: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2021] | Series: Humor in America | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: “Examines wartime political cartoons—with particular emphasis on the works of James Montgomery Flagg, Dr. Seuss, Ollie Harrington, and Ann Telnaes—to examine how, when, and why graphic caricatures serve to illuminate the US national character”—Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021010039 | ISBN 9780271089768 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Flagg, James Montgomery, 1877–1960—Criticism and interpretation. | Seuss, Dr.—Criticism and interpretation. | Harrington, Oliver W. (Oliver Wendell), 1912–1995—Criticism and interpretation. | Telnaes, Ann, 1960–—Criticism and interpretation. | National characteristics, American—Caricatures and cartoons. | Art and war. | United States—History—Caricatures and cartoons.
Classification: LCC NC1420 .G55 2021 | DDC 741.6092—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021010039
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