Historical comedy on screen [[electronic resource] ] : subverting history with humour / / edited by Hannu Salmi

• Pubblicazione: Bristol [England] ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (210 p.)
• Disciplina: 822.3
• Soggetto topico: Comedy films; Historical films
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SalmiHannu
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Comedians and comic representation -- pt. 2. No laughing matter.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1893, Friedrich Engels branded history 'the cruelest goddess of all.' This sorrowful vision of the past is deeply rooted in the Western imagination, and history is thus presented as a joyless playground of inevitability rather than a droll world of possibilities. There are few places this is more evident than in historical cinema which tends to portray the past in a somber manner. Historical Comedy on Screen examines this tendency paying particular attention to the themes most difficult to laugh at and exploring the place where comical and historical storytelling intersect. The first scholar
• Titolo autorizzato: Historical comedy on screen
• ISBN: 1-283-16280-6; 9786613162809; 1-84150-522-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461650603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II