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Stephen PotterEnglish writer (1900–1969) best known for his parodies of self-help books. He is remembered particularly for popularising gamemanship, the art of using dubious although not illegal tactics to gain an advantage. (1 February 1900 – 2 December 1969) was an English writer best known for his parodies of self-help books, and their film and television derivatives, and in particular for his popularisation of “gamesmanship”, the art of winning without actually cheating.[1]
Works are listed in order of their date of first publication.
- The Young Man (1929)
- D.H. Lawrence: A First Study (1930)
- Minnow Among Tritons (1934)
- Coleridge and S.T.C. (1935)
- The Muse in Chains (1937)
- The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship: Or the Art of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating (1947)
- Lifemanship: With a Summary of Recent Researches in Gamesmanship (1950)
- One-Upmanship: Being Some Account of the Activities and Teachings of the Lifemanship Correspondence College of One-Upness and Games Lifemastery (1952)
- The Sense of Humour (1954)
- Christmas-ship; or, The Art of Giving and Receiving (1956)
- Potter on America (1956)
- Supermanship, or, How to Continue to Stay Top without Actually Falling Apart (1958)
- Steps to Immaturity: An Autobiography (1959)
- The Magic Number (1959)
- Anti-Woo: The Lifeman’s Improved Primer for Non-Lovers (1965)
- Squawky, the One-up Parrot (1965)
- The Complete Golf Gamesmanship (1968)