Search results for “[subject: comedy]”

• Author(s): Andrew Stott • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Books & ReadingThis new edition of Andrew Stott's Comedy builds on themes presented in the first edition such as...

• Author(s): Trevor Jensen • Publisher: Trevor Jensen • Publisher Imprint: Trevor Jensen • BISAC: Romance - Workplace

• Author(s): Mirco Steder • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: GeneralBachelor Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Christian-A...

• Author(s): G. Cavaliero • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryThis is the only contemporary critical study to discuss the nature of comedy with exclusive reference to novels. It examines th...

• Author(s): Jacques Berlinerblau • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • BISAC: Topic - Politics

• Author(s): Trav Trav S. D. | Austin Pendleton • Publisher: BearManor Media • Publisher Imprint: BearManor Media • BISAC: Film - Genres - ComedyThe Marx Brothers are widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest comedy team, a tight knit perfor...

• Author(s): Jennalee Donian • Publisher: Lexington Books • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralThis book contextualizes contemporary stand-up comedy within the wider socio-political terrain of neoliberal cap...

• Author(s): Robert Orben • Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY) • Publisher Imprint: Crown Publishing Group (NY) • BISAC: American - GeneralA Bonanza of Short, Sharp, Topical Jokes for Speakers, Toastmasters, Performers, and Communicators

• Author(s): Sam Friedman • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralComedy is currently enjoying unprecedented growth within the British culture industries. Defying the recent economic downturn, ...

• Author(s): Louis Reznick • Publisher: Outskirts Press • Publisher Imprint: Outskirts Press • BISAC: Topic - AdultLouis Reznick knows the curative value of laughter. Sure, it can be dangerous, too-for example, he just about laughed himself to de...

• Author(s): Beaumont and Fletcher • Publisher: Outlook Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Outlook Verlag • BISAC: LiteraryReproduction of the original: The Loyal Subject, A Tragi-Comedy by Beaumont and Fletcher

• Author(s): J. Whalley • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismSaturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture sheds new light on the ways in which Saturday Night Liv...

• Author(s): Beaumont and Fletcher • Publisher: Outlook Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Outlook Verlag • BISAC: LiteraryReproduction of the original: The Loyal Subject, a Tragi-Comedy by Beaumont and Fletcher

• Author(s): Naomi Scott • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • BISAC: Ancient and ClassicalIn ancient Greek comedy, nothing is ever 'just a joke'. This book treats jokes with the seriousness they deserve, and...

• Author(s): D. Nikulin • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Mind & BodyComedy, Seriously provides a philosophical interpretation of comedy and argues that comedy displays a particular kind of rationality tha...

• Author(s): Judith Roof • Publisher: Bloomsbury • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • Subject: Communication, Mass Media and Journalism • BISAC: Media StudiesThe Comic Event approaches comedy as dynamic phenomenon that involves the gatherin...

• Author(s): Chilana | Richa • Publisher: Macmillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgr Mac • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: ComedyFrom the Back CoverThis book, first of its kind in the Indian context, brings together both a theoretical un...

• Author(s): Graeme Harper • Publisher: Continnuum-3pl • Publisher Imprint: Continnuum-3pl • BISAC: GeneralDrawing together for the first time original work from international specialists, this book assesses the role and character of comedy and f...

• Author(s): Jonathan Gray | Jeffrey P. Jones | Ethan Thompson • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismA fascinating look into what happens when comedy bec...

• Author(s): Henri Bergson • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: GeneralLaughter An Essay on The Meaning of the Comic By Henri Bergson Bergson begins to ...

• Author(s): Alison Wilde • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialComedy and humour have frequently played a key role in disabled people's lives, for better or for worse. Comedy has also ...

• Author(s): David Farley-Hills • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Modern - General

• Author(s): Liz Giuffre • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Instruction & Study - TheoryThe study of television and music has expanded greatly in recent years, yet to date no book has focused on the genr...

• Author(s): Alan Bilton • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismThis absorbing study of early 20th Century American Culture interprets the anarchic absurdity of slapstick movies as a f...

• Author(s): Conrad Hyers • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Wipf & Stock Publishers • BISAC: Christian Theology - GeneralIs comedy an inconsequential part of life, useful primarily for relaxation and escape? Conrad...

• Author(s): D. Nikulin • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Mind & BodyComedy, Seriously provides a philosophical interpretation of comedy and argues that comedy displays a particular kind of rationality tha...

• Author(s): Trav Trav S. D. | Austin Pendleton • Publisher: BearManor Media • Publisher Imprint: BearManor Media • BISAC: Film - Genres - ComedyThe Marx Brothers are widely regarded as the 20th century's greatest comedy team, a tight knit perfor...

• Author(s): Alfie Bown • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Media StudiesNot so long ago, comedy and laughter were a shared experience of relief, as Freud famously argued. At their best, ribbing, roasting, piss-ta...

• Author(s): Mario Telò • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Ancient, Classical & MedievalRoman Comedy against the Subject provides an expansive interpretation of four Roman comedies named...

• Author(s): Cynthia Willett • Publisher: Indiana University Press • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyComedy, from social ridicule to the unruly laughter of the carnival, provides effective tools f...

• Author(s): Jonathan Gray | Jeffrey P. Jones | Ethan Thompson • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismA fascinating look into what happens when comedy bec...

• Author(s): Jonathan Lyons • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: DigitalWhile comedy writers are responsible for creating clever scripts, comedic animators have a much mor...

• Author(s): Albert Cook • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company • BISAC: Form - ParodiesProfessor Cook develops his philosophical exploration of comedy from the ideas of the probable and the wonder...

• Author(s): George Meredith • Publisher: Outlook Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Outlook Verlag • BISAC: Literary

• Author(s): Inger-Lise Kalvikne Bore • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesThe question of why we laugh (or don't laugh) has intrigued scholars since antiquity. This book contributes to that debat...