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A Companion to Film Comedy
Andrew Horton
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Description for A Companion to Film Comedy
Hardback. This wide-ranging celebration of the variety and complexity of international film comedy covers work from the days of silent movies to the present on a global scale, including Europe, the Middle East and Asia as well as the United States. Editor(s): Horton, Andrew; Rapf, Joanna E. Num Pages: 584 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFN; ASZB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1178.
A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the ‘silent’ days to the present, this authoritative guide offers an international perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its formative social, cultural and political context
A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the ‘silent’ days to the present, this authoritative guide offers an international perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its formative social, cultural and political context
- A wide-ranging collection of 24 essays exploring film comedy from the silent era to the present
- International in scope, the collection embraces not just American cinema, including Native American and African American, but also comic films from Europe, the Middle East, and Korea
- Essays explore sub-genres, performers, and cultural perspectives such as ... Read more
- Engages with different strands of comedy including slapstick, romantic, satirical and ironic
- Features original entries from a diverse group of multidisciplinary international contributors
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444338591
SKU
V9781444338591
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99-15
About Andrew Horton
Andrew Horton is the Jeanne H. Smith Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Oklahoma, USA. An award-winning screenwriter, he is also the author of twnty-eight books on film, screenwriting and cultural studies, including Screenwriting for a Global Market (2004), Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay (2nd edition, 2000), and The Films of Theo Angelopoulos (2nd edition, 1999). His ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to Film Comedy
“And of course, it very much is. An important subject needs an important companion. This is it. That’s all, folks.” (Reference Reviews, 1 January 2014) “This work is indispensible for any student or scholar who, in the spirit of Rabelais, Swift, and Chesterton, will laugh while studying film images. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general ... Read more