03383nam 22007695 450 991046170830332120210421204055.01-280-11654-497866135208380-520-95198-010.1525/9780520951983(CKB)2670000000155626(EBL)867678(OCoLC)779173389(SSID)ssj0000611318(PQKBManifestationID)11379534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611318(PQKBWorkID)10646645(PQKB)11768962(DE-B1597)520697(DE-B1597)9780520951983(MiAaPQ)EBC867678(EXLCZ)99267000000015562620200424h20122012 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Anatomy of Harpo Marx /Wayne KoestenbaumBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2012]©20121 online resource (311 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26900-4 Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --I. Early Ecstatic Emptiness --II. Later Astonishments --III. The Idiot Tumbles Back to the Beginning of TimeThe Anatomy of Harpo Marx is a luxuriant, detailed play-by-play account of Harpo Marx's physical movements as captured on screen. Wayne Koestenbaum guides us through the thirteen Marx Brothers films, from The Cocoanuts in 1929 to Love Happy in 1950, to focus on Harpo's chief and yet heretofore unexplored attribute-his profound and contradictory corporeality. Koestenbaum celebrates the astonishing range of Harpo's body-its kinks, sexual multiplicities, somnolence, Jewishness, "cute" pathos, and more. In a virtuosic performance, Koestenbaum's text moves gracefully from insightful analysis to cultural critique to autobiographical musing, and provides Harpo with a host of odd bedfellows, including Walter Benjamin and Barbra Streisand.Comedians - United StatesComedians -- United States -- BiographyMarx, HarpoMarx, Harpo, 1888-1964Motion picture actors and actresses - United StatesMotion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- BiographyMotion picture actors and actressesUnited StatesBiographyComediansUnited StatesBiographyMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmHILCCDramaHILCCElectronic books.Comedians - United States.Comedians -- United States -- Biography.Marx, Harpo.Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964.Motion picture actors and actresses - United States.Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.Motion picture actors and actressesComediansMusic, Dance, Drama & FilmDrama792.702/8092BKoestenbaum Wayneauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1026248DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910461708303321The Anatomy of Harpo Marx2488081UNINA