Legman, G. (Gershon) 1917-1999

The Limerick : 1700 examples, with notes, variants, and index by G Legman( Book )

37 editions published between 1953 and 1991 in English and held by 806 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This is the largest collection of limericks ever published, erotic or otherwise. The seventeen hundred examples gather here stem, about one-third, from some twenty printed sources dating from 1870 to 1952, most of which duplicate each other to a great extent. The rest are principally from three oral collections, made in Ann Arbor, Michigan (MS. 1938-1941), in Berkeley, California (1942-1947), and in New York (1941-1952)...."--"Sources," page xii

Rationale of the dirty joke; an analysis of sexual humor by G Legman( Book )

23 editions published between 1968 and 2014 in English and held by 704 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Why do people tell dirty jokes' And what is it about a joke's dirtiness that makes it funny' G. Legman was perhaps the foremost scholar of the dirty joke, and as legions of humor writers and comedians know, his Rationale of the Dirty Joke remains the most exhaustive and authoritative study of the subject. More than two thousand jokes and folktales are presented, covering such topics as The Female Fool, The Fortunate Fart, Mutual Mismatching, and The Sex Machine. These folk texts are authentically transcribed in their innocent and sometimes violent entirety. Legman studies each for its historical and socioanalytic significance, revealing what these jokes mean to the people who tell them and to the people who listen and laugh. Here -- back in print -- is the definitive text for comedians and humor writers, Freudian scholars and late night television enthusiasts. Rationale of the Dirty Joke will amuse you, offend you, challenge you, and disgust you, all while demonstrating the intelligence and hilarity of the dirty joke

The horn book : studies in erotic folklore and bibliography by G Legman( Book )

19 editions published between 1964 and 1970 in English and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Love and death : a study in censorship by G Legman( Book )

19 editions published between 1949 and 1963 in English and held by 544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Guilt of the Templars by G Legman( Book )

30 editions published between 1966 and 1994 in 3 languages and held by 510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The New limerick : 2750 unpublished examples, American and British by G Legman( Book )

17 editions published between 1977 and 1980 in English and held by 499 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Unprintable Ozark folksongs and folklore by Vance Randolph( Book )

5 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 272 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The mammoth cod, and Address to the Stomach Club by Mark Twain( Book )

7 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 260 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The merry muses of Caledonia by Robert Burns( Book )

4 editions published between 1965 and 1990 in English and held by 249 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Robert Burns devoted his last ten years to writing and gathering Scottish folksongs, and at least one of his notebooks contained a collection of bawdy lyrics. For more than a century-and-a-half Burns' unique collection of bawdy songs was available only in garbled and bowdlerized versions. This unbowdlerized, completely annotated edition is based upon prodigious research and access to privately owned manuscripts"--Back cover

David Ricardo and Ricardian theory, a bibliographical checklist by Burt Franklin( Book )

10 editions published in 1949 in English and held by 229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide