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

by Maurice Charney

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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,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0820405388

ISBN13:9780820405384

Release Date:June 2005

Publisher:Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi

Length:203 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

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Arts, Music & Photography Classics Communication & Journalism Communication & Media Studies Humanities Humor Humor & Entertainment Humorous Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Media Studies Performing Arts Social Sciences Textbooks

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