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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958753203321

Autore

Trahair Lisa <1962->

Titolo

The comedy of philosophy : sense and nonsense in early cinematic slapstick / / Lisa Trahair

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

9780791479322

0791479323

9781435626928

1435626923

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Collana

SUNY series, insinuations

Disciplina

791.43/617

Soggetti

Comedy films - History and criticism

Motion pictures - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- The Comedy of Philosophy -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Philosophy of Laughter: Bataille, Hegel, and Derrida -- 2. Restricted and General Economy: Narrative, Gag, and Slapstick in One Week -- 3. The Machine of Comedy: Gunning, Deleuze, and Buster Keaton -- 4. Fool's Gold: Metamorphoses in Sherlock Jr. -- 5. Jokes and Their Relation to . . . -- 6. The Comic: Degradation and Refinement in 1920s' Cinematic Slapstick -- 7. From Words to Images (Gagging) -- 8. Figural Vision: Freud, Lyotard, and City Lights -- 9. Preposterous Figurality: Comic Cinema and Bad Metaphor -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

Melds philosophical analysis with early cinematic history to develop a fresh theory of the notion of comedy.