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Trahair Lisa <1962-> |
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Titolo |
The comedy of philosophy : sense and nonsense in early cinematic slapstick / / Lisa Trahair |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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9780791479322 |
0791479323 |
9781435626928 |
1435626923 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series, insinuations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Comedy films - History and criticism |
Motion pictures - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-249) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Melds philosophical analysis with early cinematic history to develop a fresh theory of the notion of comedy. |
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