The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics

By John Pollack

Book Overview

At once entertaining and educational, this engaging book is a funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on human history.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592406238
• ISBN13: 9781592406234
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Gotham
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher