Word: caricaturist
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...humourist was a character painter because peculiarities of character were generally laughable. Ben Jonson was a humourist but he was especially a caricaturist and must be criticised as such. Caricature is a legitimate method of getting effect by overloading. This method is especially evident in the three following plays: "Cynthia's Revels," "The Poetaster" and "Every Man out of his Humour...
...Joseph Jefferson and the "Merry Chanter" by Frank R. Stockton, both of which are very entertaining. "The Merry Chanter" is full of Stockton's peculiar but delightful humor. Amelia B. Edwards, the distinguished Egyptologist contributes "Bubastis, an Historical Study." Henry James has a short sketch on the French caricaturist, Daumier. The Topics of the Times, Open Letter, and Bric-a-Brac departments are full of interest...