The Art of Donald McGill

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Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie...A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack upon morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things were otherwise.

George Orwell

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Topic

Jokes

Author

George Orwell

Source

The Art of Donald McGill

Language

English

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Orwell, George. "The Art of Donald McGill." Horizon, Sept. 1941.

Current Citation

Orwell, George. "The Art of Donald McGill." The Collected Essays, Journalism And Letters Of George Orwell, vol. 2: My Country Right or Left 1940-1943, edited by Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. David R. Godine, 2007, no. 27, pt. 4.