Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2015 Mark Twain, James Thurber, and David Sedaris: American Literary Humorists Liz Sills Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
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[email protected]. MARK TWAIN, JAMES THURBER, AND DAVID SEDARIS: AMERICAN LITERARY HUMORISTS A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Communication Studies by Liz Sills B.A., Transylvania University, 2008 M.A., University of Montana, 2011 May 2015 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document could never have been completed, first and foremost, without the continual support of my advisor, Nathan Crick. My committee members have also been invaluable, each in their own way, so special thanks as well to Andy King, Gregory Schufreider, and Bridgette Davis. Thanks as well to Sarah Hayden, Steve Schwarze, Shiv Ganesh, Charles Mann, and Kent Filbel for being astounding troves of conversation and ideas. Finally, thank you – so, so much – to Matthew Perreault, for being himself.