Personalities and Commentaries

» Art of Punning
   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

» Commentary on Puns
   James Merrill's overview on punning.

   
   http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/merrill/puns.htm

» Confessions Of A Humorist
   Commentary on punning and humor by O Henry.

   
   http://www.online-literature.com/o_henry/1009/

» Examples of Tropes in Puns
   Technical analysis of paranomasia, onomatopoeia, antanaclasis and syllepsis.

   
   http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/Figures/Groupings/OF%20WORDPLAY.HTM

» Lowest Form of Wit
   Commentary on puns involving Freud, Jesus and playwrights, plus links.

   
   http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000609.htm

» Palindromes
   Commentary on palindromes plus a 306-word palindrome.

   
   http://www.growndodo.com/wordplay/palindromes/index.html

» Palindromes (Part One)
   Historical essay about word palindromes from ancient Greece to modern times.

   
   http://puzzles.about.com/library/weekly/aa000131.htm

» Pun-Smoke
   Maria Nutick's commentary on puns, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Richard Lederer.

   
   http://www.greenmanreview.com/film/film_punsmoke.html

» Puns of Steel
   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/dispatch/2000-05-12/books_feature.html

» Richard Lederer's Verbivore
   Covers wordplay and puns plus his works, analyses of language and links. Invites email on the subjects.

   
   http://www.verbivore.com/

» The Atrium
   A technical, literary-oriented string of letters from viewers commenting on puns in classical Latin works.

   
   http://atrium-media.com/goldenthreads/latinpuns.html

» The Pun FAQtory
   Covers the history and styling of punning. The unofficial FAQ for the UseNet newsgroup alt.humor.puns.

   
   http://www.irregardless.net/punster/puns.html

» Words and Stuff
   An occasional column commenting on words and wordplay.

   
   http://www.kith.org/logos/words/words.html

» Yahoo! Groups: Puns-of-the-Day
   An ever-growing group of punsters who swap puns. Seeks new members.

   
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/puns-of-the-day/