Last Laughs

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• First published in 1988, the 19 original essays (and three "Sylvia" cartoons) included in this volume deal with the gender-specific nature of comedy. ... Lees meer

Comedy

L J Potts

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Originally published in 1949 this book is a study of comedy based on representative works of drama and narrative, mainly in English, from Chaucer to B... Lees meer

The Art of Greek Comedy

Katherine Lever

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Originally published in 1956, this is a critical analysis of the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander studied in the context of the history of comedy... Lees meer

Greek Comedy

Gilbert Norwood

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Originally published in 1931, this book surveys the origin and development of Greek Comic Drama, with full discussion not only of Aristophanes and Men... Lees meer

Comedy Films 1894-1954

John Montgomery

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Originally published in 1954, this was the first factual history of comedy films and the men and women who had since 1894 kept us laughing in the cine... Lees meer

New Perspectives on Women and Comedy

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• First published in 1992, the twenty-one original essays in this volume explore the way women have used humor to break down cultural stereotypes betwee... Lees meer

Comic Drama

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Ever since comedies were first performed in the ancient world, the definition of the term 'comedy' has been debated by both playwrights and critics. O... Lees meer

King Twist

Jeff Nuttall

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Born in Wigan in 1901 and a childhood friend of George Formby, who was later to become his chief rival, Frank Randle was one of the greatest music-hal... Lees meer

The Comedy of Manners

Kenneth Muir

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• Originally published in 1970, this title starts with an introduction, in which Professor Muir distinguishes between the Comedy of Manners and other ty... Lees meer

In Praise of Comedy

James Feibleman

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Library Editions: Comedy
• First published in 1939, the original blurb reads: We have learned much lately concerning theories of laughter, yet laughter is only what we do about ... Lees meer

Routledge Library Editions: Comedy

Various

• Boek
• This 11-volume collection contains titles originally published between 1931 and 1992. It examines the genre of comedy, from its roots in ancient Greec... Lees meer