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

• Autore: Trahair Lisa <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (278 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/617
• Soggetto topico: Comedy films - History and criticism; Motion pictures - History
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The comedy of philosophy
• ISBN: 9780791479322; 0791479323; 9781435626928; 1435626923
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910958753203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series, insinuations.