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15 sites in Personalities and Commentaries

Art of Punning Save
A long paragraph about Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738) and his treatise on punning, plus mention of his correspondence with Jonathan Swift.
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Sheridan   
Author's Defense Save
Claims that Jonathan Swift's love of wordplay and languages is fertile ground for Sanskritic wordplay in Gulliver's Travels, including the fact that Gulliver gave permission for readers to "adjust" the story.
http://geocities.com/sanskritpuns99/d...   
Commentary on Puns Save
James Merrill's overview on punning.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poet...   
Confessions Of A Humorist Save
Commentary on punning and humor by O Henry.
http://www.online-literature.com/o_he...   
Examples of Tropes in Puns Save
Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis.
http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Fi...   
Lowest Form of Wit Save
Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.
http://puzzles.about.com/library/week...   
Palindromes Save
Commentary on palindromes plus a 306-word palindrome.
http://www.growndodo.com/wordplay/pal...   
Palindromes (Part One) Save
Historical essay about word palindromes from ancient Greece to modern times.
http://puzzles.about.com/library/week...   
Pun-Smoke Save
Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer.
http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/fi...   
Puns of Steel Save
Clay Smith's article on the science of interpreting puns as viewed by audience members of the 23rd Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues...   
Richard Lederer's Verbivore Save
Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.
http://www.verbivore.com/   
The Atrium Save
A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works.
http://atrium-media.com/goldenthreads...   
The Pun FAQtory Save
Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns.
http://www.irregardless.net/punster/p...   
Words and Stuff Save
An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay.
http://www.kith.org/logos/words/words...   
Yahoo! Groups: Puns-of-the-Day Save
An ever-growing group of punsters who swap puns. Seeks new members.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/puns-of...   

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