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 ...
Read More
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.
Read Less
Add this copy of Comedy High and Low: an Introduction to the Experience to cart. $10.50, good condition, Sold by Montclair Book Center rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Montclair, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers.
Edition:
2005, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Add this copy of Comedy High and Low: an Introduction to the Experience to cart. $25.00, like new condition, Sold by Schindler-Graf Booksellers rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westlake, OH, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers.
Edition:
2005, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Add this copy of Comedy High and Low: an Introduction to the Experience to cart. $34.95, good condition, Sold by J.E. Miles, A Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from OCEANSIDE, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Oxford University.
Add this copy of Comedy High and Low: an Introduction to the Experience to cart. $55.82, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Peter Lang Inc., International.
Edition:
2005, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Add this copy of Comedy High and Low: an Introduction to the Experience to cart. $95.57, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers.
Edition:
2005, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Add this copy of Comedy High and Low: an Introduction to the Experience to cart. $161.24, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Peter Lang Inc., International.
Edition:
2005, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
