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Comedy High and Low : An Introduction to the Experience of Comedy

Comedy High and Low : An Introduction to the Experience of Comedy

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Comedy High and Low : An Introduction to the Experience of Comedy

by Charney, Maurice

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ISBN 10
0820405388
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9780820405384
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New York: Peter Lang, 1993. Very Good condition. A bright, clean, tight copy. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. The spine is square and flat with NO creases. Pages are clean. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Softcover. 6" wide by 9" tall. Illustrated with photographs. Bound in the original pictorial wrappers. From the rear cover: "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 Molière to Beckett, Pinter, Dürrenmatt, 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.". Reprint of the 1978 Oxford UP ed.. Softcover. Very Good condition. xvii, 203pp.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Comedy High and Low : An Introduction to the Experience of Comedy
Author
Charney, Maurice
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Very Good condition
Edition
Reprint of the 1978 Oxford UP ed.
ISBN 10
0820405388
ISBN 13
9780820405384
Publisher
Peter Lang
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1993
Keywords
Comic.
Bookseller catalogs
Humor; Entertainers / Hollywood / Broadway / TV;
Size
xvii, 203pp

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