| Comedy High and Low: An Introduction to the Experience of Comedy Second Printing Revised Edition Contributor(s): Charney, Maurice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820405388 ISBN-13: 9780820405384 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $45.03 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Theater - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 809.252 |
| LCCN: 87003781 |
| Physical Information: 203 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this broad-ranging exploration of the nature of comedy Professor Charney considers its popular roots as well as the major issues in comic theory. Comedy High and Low seeks to bridge the gap between comic literature, especially stage comedy, and the popular comedy of jokes, graffiti, and comic happenings of everyday life. With examples taken mainly from major figures of stage comedy from Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Jonson, the Restoration dramatists, and Moli re to Beckett, Pinter, D rrenmatt, Stoppard, and Orton, it brings a historical perspective to the subject, and also includes many allusions to the great film comedies of Keaton, Chaplin, Fields, and the Marx Brothers. An extensive critical bibliography supplements this provocative and highly readable book. |