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Screen Comedy and Online Audiences Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore 9780367869700
RRP: $76.03$67.35The question of why we laugh (or don't laugh) has intrigued scholars since antiquity. This book contributes to that debate by exploring how we evaluate screen comedy. What kinds of criteria do we use to judge films and TV shows that are meant to be... -
Rants Dennis Miller 9780385478021
RRP: $23.17$18.51Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385478021Author Dennis MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 197gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
Jonson, Shakespeare, and Aristotle on Comedy Jonathan Goossen 9780367886493
RRP: $77.98$68.97Jonson, Shakespeare, and Aristotle on Comedy relates new understandings of Aristotle's dramatic theory to the comedy of Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. Typically, scholars of Renaissance drama have treated Aristotle's theory only as a possible... -
Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader Frank Krutnik 9780415235525
RRP: $77.98$68.97Hollywood Comedians, The Film Reader brings together key writings on one of the most consistently popular genres of Hollywood cinema. Despite the cult reputations enjoyed by star performers such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx Brothers and... -
Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics Linda Mizejewski 9780292756915
RRP: $87.75$78.96Women in comedy have traditionally been pegged as either "pretty" or "funny." Attractive actresses with good comic timing such as Katherine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, and Julia Roberts have always gotten plum roles as the heroines of romantic comedies and... -
The Naked Result: How Exotic Dance Became Big Business Jessica Berson 9780199846207
RRP: $73.11$60.43We have grown accustomed to the ubiquity of corporate influence in retail outlets, restaurants, and even higher education-but what happens when corporations take over desire? The Naked Result: How Exotic Dance Became Big Business explores the changing... -
Slapstick Modernism: Chaplin to Kerouac to Iggy Pop William Solomon 9780252083945
RRP: $38.98$35.43Slapstick comedy landed like a pie in the face of twentieth-century culture. Pratfalls percolated alongside literary modernism throughout the 1920s and 1930s before slapstick found explosive expression in postwar literature, experimental film, and... -
Woody Allen: An Essay on the Nature of the Comical Vittorio Hoesle 9780268031046
RRP: $31.18$28.86In this extended essay, Vittorio Hoesle develops a theory of the comical and applies it to interpret both the recurrent personae played by Woody Allen the actor and the philosophical issues addressed by Woody Allen the director in his films. Taking... -
Tartuffe Moliere 9781786826237
$24.94When the seemingly perfect Tartuffe ingratiates himself with the wealthy Orgon and his mother Madame Pernelle, he is soon welcomed into their home and into their lives. His combination of charm, respectability and religious authority proves so... -
No Laughing Matter: Studies in Athenian Comedy C. W. Marshall (Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada) 9781780930152
$85.78No Laughing Matter is a wide-ranging collection of new studies of the comic theatre of Athens, from its origins until the 340s BCE. Fifteen international scholars employ an array of approaches and methodologies that will appeal to Classics and Theatre... -
The Comic Event: Comedic Performance from the 1950s to the Present Professor Judith Roof (Rice University, USA) 9781501354885
$69.21The Comic Event approaches comedy as dynamic phenomenon that involves the gathering of elements of performance, signifiers, timings, tones, gestures, previous comic bits, and other self-conscious structures into an "event" that triggers, by virtue of a... -
Hysterical!: Women in American Comedy Linda Mizejewski 9781477314524
RRP: $54.58$49.32Ideal for classroom use, this anthology of original essays by the leading authorities on women's comedy surveys the disorderly, subversive, and unruly performances of women comics from silent film to contemporary multimedia Winner, Susan Koppleman Award... -
Laugh Lines: My Life Helping Funny People Be Funnier Alan Zweibel 9781419735288
RRP: $38.98$33.58With his tender, funny memoir of four decades in the business, Alan Zweibel traces the history of American comedy Alan Zweibel started his comedy career selling jokes for seven dollars apiece to the last of the Borscht Belt standups. Then one night,... -
Beyond a Joke: Parody in English Film and Television Comedy Neil Archer (Keele University, UK) 9781350242449
$65.31At the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, a global audience of nearly one billion viewers were treated to the unprecedented sight of James Bond meeting Queen Elizabeth II. Shortly after, the 'Queen' hurled herself out of a helicopter, her... -
Popular Performance Adam Ainsworth (Kingston University, London, UK) 9781350089686
$70.18There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audience answer back with laughter, applause or heckling. Performer and role are interlaced, so... -
Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia: Ridicule and Resistance Barnaby King 9781350076396
$70.18Contemporary Clowning as Social Performance in Colombia brings to light the emergence of new kinds of clowning in everyday life in Colombia, focusing particularly on the pervasive presence of clowns in the urban landscape of Bogota. In doing so it brings... -
Parody, Politics and the Populace in Greek Old Comedy Professor Donald Sells (University of Michigan, USA) 9781350166288
$67.26This book argues that Old Comedy's parodic and non-parodic engagement with tragedy, satyr play, and contemporary lyric is geared to enhancing its own status as the preeminent discourse on Athenian art, politics and society. Donald Sells locates the... -
Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't Sophia A Mcclennen 9781032278032
RRP: $243.75$209.55* Trump Was a Joke offers the best, most-comprehensive guide yet to the power of political satire in shaping public opinion during turbulent political times. This exploration in satire and trump includes a foreword by American documentary filmmaker,... -
Le Misanthrope Moliere 9781015463486
RRP: $23.30$21.92Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015463486Author MoliereFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *... -
50 Things Better Than Sex Chase Praeger 9781088021217
RRP: $58.50$35.86Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088021217Author Chase PraegerFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 331gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm -
Eiraku's 100 English Rakugo Scripts (Volume 1) Kanariya Eiraku 9781088061688
$44.05Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088061688Author Kanariya EirakuFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm -
Trump Was a Joke: How Satire Made Sense of a President Who Didn't Sophia A Mcclennen 9781032278018
RRP: $68.23$60.80* Trump Was a Joke offers the best, most-comprehensive guide yet to the power of political satire in shaping public opinion during turbulent political times. This exploration in satire and trump includes a foreword by American documentary filmmaker,... -
The Mollusc: A New and Original Comedy in Three Acts Hubert Henry Davies 9781016487979
RRP: $27.20$25.33Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781016487979Author Hubert Henry DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 240gDimensions(mm)... -
The Mollusc Hubert Henry Davies 9781015676138
RRP: $48.65$43.86Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015676138Author Hubert Henry DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm)... -
Le Misanthrope Moliere 9781015454316
RRP: $46.70$41.91Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015454316Author MoliereFormat HardbackPage Count 100Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *... -
The Mollusc Hubert Henry Davies 9781015686892
RRP: $27.20$25.33Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781015686892Author Hubert Henry DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)... -
Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades David Steinberg 9780813197562
RRP: $54.50$34.50Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780813197562Author David SteinbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint University Press of KentuckyPublisher University Press of KentuckyWeight(grams)... -
Humour and Politics in Africa: Beyond Resistance Daniel Hammett (University of Sheffield) 9781529219715
RRP: $93.58$73.16Analyses of humour often focus primarily on the Global North, with little consideration for examples and practices from elsewhere. This book provides a vital contribution to humour theory by developing a Global South perspective. Taking a wide-ranging... -
A Cultural History of Comedy in the Age of Empire Matthew Kaiser 9781350000759
$196.29Drawing together contributions from scholars in a range of fields within 19th- and 20th-century cultural, literary, and theater studies, this volume provides a thorough and varied overview of the many forms comedy took in the 19th century. Given the... -
A Cultural History of Comedy in the Early Modern Age Professor Andrew McConnell Stott 9781350000735
$196.29Drawing together scholars with a wide range of expertise across the early modern period, this volume explores the rich field of early modern comedy in all its variety. It argues that early modern comedy was shaped by a series of cultural transformations... -
A Cultural History of Comedy in the Age of Enlightenment Elizabeth Kraft 9781350000742
$196.29This volume highlights the variety of forms comedy took in England, with reference to developments in Europe, particularly France, during the European Enlightenment. It argues that comedy in this period is characterized by wit, satire, and humor,... -
A Cultural History of Comedy in the Middle Ages Martha Bayless 9781350000728
$173.28Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant... -
The Revolution Will Be Hilarious: Comedy for Social Change and Civic Power Caty Borum 9781479810826
RRP: $144.30$127.12An insider's look at the power of comedy to effect social change From Trevor Noah's The Daily Show and Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act, to Issa Rae's Insecure and Corey Ryan Forrester's Twitter feed, today's multi-platform comedy refuses to shy away from the... -
A Cultural History of Comedy in the Modern Age Ms Louise Peacock 9781350000766
$196.29Drawing together contributions by scholars from a variety of fields, including theater, film and television, sociology, and visual culture, this volume explores the range and diversity of comedic performance and comic forms in the modern age. It covers a... -
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir Bob Odenkirk 9780399180538
$28.86Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399180538Author Bob OdenkirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)... -
Fools and Folly Clifford Davidson 9781879288690
RRP: $34.13$30.03The Fool in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period was either a person who capitalized on his natural deficiencies, which were then considered amusing, or a professional entertainer the artificial Fool who specialized in clowning. His distinctive... -
Dirty Daddy: The Chronicles of a Family Man Turned Filthy Comedian Bob Saget 9780062274793
$21.57He is the sweetly neurotic father on the smash hit Full House ...The charming, wisecracking host of America's Funniest Home Videos ...The scatological, out-of-his-mind stand-up comic from Entourage and The Aristocrats ...He is Bob Saget, and in Dirty... -
Movie Comedians of the 1950s: Defining a New Era of Big Screen Comedy Wes D. Gehring 9780786499960
RRP: $56.53$46.86The examination of 1950s film clowns suggestions this decade was the 20th century's most volatile for the genre. Besides McCarthyism and TV and their potential for the dumbing down of pictures, this was the first decade when all major screen clowns were... -
Le Misanthrope Moliere 9781016484152
RRP: $27.20$25.33Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781016484152Author MoliereFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *... -
Le Misanthrope Moliere 9781016478724
RRP: $48.65$42.88Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781016478724Author MoliereFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...