02952nam 2200697Ia 450 991095875320332120240417033525.09780791479322079147932397814356269281435626923(CKB)1000000000483096(OCoLC)191684936(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575856(SSID)ssj0000125325(PQKBManifestationID)11142377(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125325(PQKBWorkID)10027064(PQKB)11353820(OCoLC)868030690(MdBmJHUP)muse6594(Au-PeEL)EBL3407430(CaPaEBR)ebr10575856(DE-B1597)682935(DE-B1597)9780791479322(MiAaPQ)EBC3407430(Perlego)2674004(EXLCZ)99100000000048309620061201d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe comedy of philosophy sense and nonsense in early cinematic slapstick /Lisa Trahair1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20071 online resource (278 p.)SUNY series, insinuationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791472484 0791472485 9780791472477 0791472477 Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-249) and index.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.Melds philosophical analysis with early cinematic history to develop a fresh theory of the notion of comedy.SUNY series, insinuations.Comedy filmsHistory and criticismMotion picturesHistoryComedy filmsHistory and criticism.Motion picturesHistory.791.43/617Trahair Lisa1962-1808920MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910958753203321The comedy of philosophy4359420UNINA