A Companion to Film Comedy
Andrew Horton
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Description for A Companion to Film Comedy
Paperback. Editor(s): Horton, Andrew; Rapf, Joanna E. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
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
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
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
1004g
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119169550
SKU
V9781119169550
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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 ... 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 ... Read more