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Reader in Comedy

Magda Romanska,Alan Ackerman

Author : Magda Romanska,Alan Ackerman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781474247900

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Reader in Comedy by Magda Romanska,Alan Ackerman Pdf

This unique anthology presents a selection of over seventy of the most important historical essays on comedy, ranging from antiquity to the present, divided into historical periods and arranged chronologically. Across its span it traces the development of comic theory, highlighting the relationships between comedy, politics, economics, philosophy, religion, and other arts and genres. Students of literature and theatre will find this collection an invaluable and accessible guide to writing from Plato and Aristotle through to the twenty-first century, in which special attention has been paid to writings since the start of the twentieth century. Reader in Comedy is arranged in five sections, each featuring an introduction providing concise and informed historical and theoretical frameworks for the texts from the period: * Antiquity and the Middle Ages * The Renaissance * Restoration to Romanticism * The Industrial Age * The Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries Among the many authors included are: Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Donatus, Dante Alighieri, Erasmus, Trissino, Sir Thomas Elyot, Thomas Wilson, Sir Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, Battista Guarini, Molière, William Congreve, John Dryden, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Jean Paul Richter, William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, Søren Kierkegaard, Charles Baudelaire, Bernard Shaw, Mark Twain, Henri Bergson, Constance Rourke, Northrop Frye, Jacques Derrida, Mikhail Bakhtin, Georges Bataille, Simon Critchley and Michael North. As the selection demonstrates, from Plato and Aristotle to Henri Bergson and Sigmund Freud, comedy has attracted the attention of serious thinkers. Bringing together diverse theories of comedy from across the ages, the Reader reveals that, far from being peripheral, comedy speaks to the most pragmatic aspects of human life.

The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader

Ian Wilkie

Author : Ian Wilkie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780429614378

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The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader by Ian Wilkie Pdf

The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader is a selection of the most outstanding critical analysis featured in the journal Comedy Studies in the decade since its inception in 2010. The Reader illustrates the multiple perspectives that are available when analysing comedy. Wilkie’s selections present an array of critical approaches from interdisciplinary scholars, all of whom evaluate comedy from different angles and adopt a range of writing styles to explore the phenomenon. Divided into eight unique parts, the Reader offers both breadth and depth with its wide range of interdisciplinary articles and international perspectives. Of interest to students, scholars, and lovers of comedy alike, The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader offers a contemporary sample of general analyses of comedy as a mode, form, and genre.

The Film Comedy Reader

Gregg Rickman

Author : Gregg Rickman
Publisher : Amadeus Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015054388478

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The Film Comedy Reader by Gregg Rickman Pdf

This lavishly illustrated collection of essays recalls the movies that over the past century have created never-ending waves of hilarity. Their authors include such prominent critics as James Agee, J. Hoberman, Robin Wood, David Thomson and Jonathan Rosenbaum. Beginning as the book does with the Silent Era, it also features Louella Parsons writing about Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton writing about, more or less, himself.

The Comedy Studies Reader

Nick Marx,Matt Sienkiewicz

Author : Nick Marx,Matt Sienkiewicz
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781477316009

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The Comedy Studies Reader by Nick Marx,Matt Sienkiewicz Pdf

From classical Hollywood film comedies to sitcoms, recent political satire, and the developing world of online comedy culture, comedy has been a mainstay of the American media landscape for decades. Recognizing that scholars and students need an authoritative collection of comedy studies that gathers both foundational and cutting-edge work, Nick Marx and Matt Sienkiewicz have assembled The Comedy Studies Reader. This anthology brings together classic articles, more recent works, and original essays that consider a variety of themes and approaches for studying comedic media—the carnivalesque, comedy mechanics and absurdity, psychoanalysis, irony, genre, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and nation and globalization. The authors range from iconic theorists, such as Mikhail Bakhtin, Sigmund Freud, and Linda Hutcheon, to the leading senior and emerging scholars of today. As a whole, the volume traces two parallel trends in the evolution of the field—first, comedy’s development into myriad subgenres, formats, and discourses, a tendency that has led many popular commentators to characterize the present as a “comedy zeitgeist”; and second, comedy studies’ new focus on the ways in which comedy increasingly circulates in “serious” discursive realms, including politics, economics, race, gender, and cultural power.

Reading Dante

Giuseppe Mazzotta

Author : Giuseppe Mazzotta
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780300191356

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Reading Dante by Giuseppe Mazzotta Pdf

divdivA towering figure in world literature, Dante wrote his great epic poem Commedia in the early fourteenth century. The work gained universal acclaim and came to be known as La Divina Commedia, or The Divine Comedy. Giuseppe Mazzotta brings Dante and his masterpiece to life in this exploration of the man, his cultural milieu, and his endlessly fascinating works.div /DIVdivBased on Mazzotta’s highly popular Yale course, this book offers a critical reading of The Divine Comedy and selected other works by Dante. Through an analysis of Dante’s autobiographical Vita nuova, Mazzotta establishes the poetic and political circumstances of The Divine Comedy. He situates the three sections of the poem—Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise—within the intellectual and social context of the late Middle Ages, and he explores the political, philosophical, and theological topics with which Dante was particularly concerned./DIV/DIV/DIV

How Not to Read

Dan Wilbur

Author : Dan Wilbur
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781101611418

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How Not to Read by Dan Wilbur Pdf

The Last Stupid Book You’ll Ever Need to Read Don’t want to slog through lengthy old books like A Tale of Two Cities or The Giving Tree? Sick of being judged by your avid-reader “friends” who talk about books you’ve never heard of? Want to sound smarter without the strain of actually bettering yourself? Never fear. In How Not to Read, you’ll find techniques to fake your way through literature so you never have to read another book—ever! Inside, you’ll find: •Tips for getting through anything you have to read by reading faster: Just read every third word. (One Hundred Years of Solitude becomes “Many as the Colonel was, that when him ice.” Wow! It’s like a Gertrude Stein poem only more comprehensible!) •Entire genres summed up in a single page: Historical fiction becomes “Guess who else had sex: Hitler!” •Literary insults to make yourself seem smarter: “The only thing sadder than you is a Joycean epiphany!” “You’re as weak as a passive sentence written in negative form. And probably not considered by anyone to be worth more than an adverb.” It’s time to stop fearing those people who keep bringing up Ayn Rand. How Not to Read is here to liberate the world from ever needing to read a book again.

Slapstick Comedy

Tom Paulus,Rob King

Author : Tom Paulus,Rob King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135966232

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Slapstick Comedy by Tom Paulus,Rob King Pdf

From Chaplin's tramp to the Bathing Beauties slapstick comedy supplied many of the most enduring icons of American cinema in the silent era. This collection of fourteen essays by film scholars challenges longstanding critical dogma and offers new conceptual frameworks for thinking about silent comedy's place in film history and American culture.

Is This Anything?

Jerry Seinfeld

Author : Jerry Seinfeld
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982112745

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Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld Pdf

The first book in twenty-five years from “one of our great comic minds” (The Washington Post) features Seinfeld’s best work across five decades in comedy. Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub “Catch a Rising Star” as a twenty-one-year-old college student in fall of 1975, Jerry Seinfeld has written his own material and saved everything. “Whenever I came up with a funny bit, whether it happened on a stage, in a conversation, or working it out on my preferred canvas, the big yellow legal pad, I kept it in one of those old school accordion folders,” Seinfeld writes. “So I have everything I thought was worth saving from forty-five years of hacking away at this for all I was worth.” For this book, Jerry Seinfeld has selected his favorite material, organized decade by decade. In this “trove of laugh-out-loud one-liners” (Associated Press), you will witness the evolution of one of the great comedians of our time and gain new insights into the thrilling but unforgiving art of writing stand-up comedy.

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic

Michael McCreary

Author : Michael McCreary
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781773212609

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Funny, You Don't Look Autistic by Michael McCreary Pdf

Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn’t “look” autistic. But, as he’s quick to point out in this memoir, autism “looks” different for just about everyone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Diagnosed with ASD at age five, McCreary got hit with the performance bug not much later. During a difficult time in junior high, he started journaling, eventually turning his pain e into something empowering—and funny. He scored his first stand-up gig at age 14, and hasn't looked back. This unique and hilarious #OwnVoices memoir breaks down what it’s like to live with autism for readers on and off the spectrum. Candid scenes from McCreary's life are broken up with funny visuals and factual asides. Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic is an invaluable and compelling read for young readers with ASD looking for voices to relate to, as well as for readers hoping to broaden their understanding of ASD.

The Comedy Bible

Judy Carter

Author : Judy Carter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780743219020

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The Comedy Bible by Judy Carter Pdf

Judy Carter, guru to aspiring comedy writers and stand-up comics, tells all about the biz of being funny and writing funny in this bright, entertaining, and totally practical guide on how to draw humor from your life and turn it into a career. Do you think you’re funny? Do you want to turn your sense of humor into a career? If the answer is yes, then Judy Carter’s The Comedy Bible is for you. The guru to aspiring stand-up comics provides the complete scoop on being—and writing—funny for money. If you’ve got a sense of humor, you can learn to make a career out of comedy, says Judy Carter. Whether it’s creating a killer stand-up act, writing a spec sitcom, or providing jokes for radio or one-liners for greeting cards, Carter provides step-by-step instructions in The Comedy Bible. She helps readers first determine which genre of comedy writing or performing suits them best and then directs them in developing, refining, and selling their work. Using the hands-on workbook format that was so effective in her bestselling first book, Stand-Up Comedy: The Book, Carter offers a series of day-by-day exercises that draw on her many years as a successful stand-up comic and the head of a nationally known comedy school. Also included are practical tips and advice from today’s top comedy professionals—from Bernie Brillstein to Christopher Titus to Richard Lewis. She presents the pros and cons of the various comedy fields—stand-up, script, speech and joke writing, one-person shows, humor essays—and shows how to tailor your material for each. She teaches how to find your “authentic” voice—the true source of comedy. And, perhaps most important, Carter explains how to take a finished product to the next level—making money—by pitching it to a buyer and negotiating a contract. Written in Carter’s unique, take-no-prisoners voice, The Comedy Bible is practical, inspirational, and funny.

Sober Stick Figure

Amber Tozer

Author : Amber Tozer
Publisher : Running Press Adult
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780762459742

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Sober Stick Figure by Amber Tozer Pdf

Sober Stick Figure is a memoir from stand-up comedian Amber Tozer, chronicling her life as an alcoholic and her eventual recovery -- starting with her first drink at the age of seven -- all told with the help of childlike stick figures. Amber writes and illustrates the crazy and harsh truths of being raised by alcoholics, becoming one herself, stagnating in denial for years, and finally getting sober. As a teenager, Amber is an overachieving student athlete who copes with her family's alcoholic tragedies by focusing on her achievements. It quickly takes a funny and dark turn when she starts to experiment with booze and ignores the warning signs of alcoholism. Through blackouts, cringe-worthy embarrassments, and pounding hangovers, she convinces herself that she "just likes to party." She leaves her hometown of Pueblo, Colorado to follow her dreams, and ends up in New York City, spending lots of time binge drinking, passing out on trains, and telling jokes on stage. She then moves to Los Angeles, thinking sunshine and show business will save her. Eventually hitting rock bottom, she has a moment of clarity, and knows she has to stop drinking. It's now been seven years since that last drink, and she's ready to tell her story. Sober Stick Figure is adventurous, hilarious, sad, sweet, tragic -- and ultimately inspiring.

Inside Comedy

David Steinberg

Author : David Steinberg
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813197579

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Inside Comedy by David Steinberg Pdf

David Steinberg's name has been synonymous with comedy for decades. The Canadian-born comedian, producer, writer, director, and author has been called "a comic institution himself" by the New York Times. He appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 140 times (second only to Bob Hope), and directed episodes of popular television sitcoms, including Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Friends, Mad About You, The Golden Girls, and Designing Women. From 2012–2015, Steinberg hosted the comedy documentary series Inside Comedy, which featured such comedy greats as Billy Crystal, Chris Rock, and Gary Shandling. In this entertaining history of comedy, Steinberg shares insightful memories of his journey through his career and takes the reader behind the curtain of the comedy scene of the last half-century. Steinberg shares amusing and often hilarious stories and anecdotes from some of the most legendary comedians in the industry—from Groucho Marx, Carol Burnett, Mel Brooks, and Richard Pryor to Lily Tomlin, Robin Williams, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Tina Fey. Inside Comedy presents in-depth portraits of some of the most talented and revered comedians in the world of comedy today.

Me Funny

Anonim

Author : Anonim
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781926685724

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Me Funny by Anonim Pdf

Humor has always been an essential part of North American aboriginal culture. This fact remained unnoticed by most settlers, however, since non-aboriginals just didn’t get the joke. For most of written history, a stern, unyielding profile of “the Indian” dominated the popular mainstream imagination. Indians, it was believed, never laughed. But Indians themselves always knew better. As an award-winning playwright, columnist, and comedy-sketch creator, Drew Hayden Taylor has spent 15 years writing and researching aboriginal humor. For Me Funny, he asked a noted cast of writers from a variety of fields — including such celebrated wordsmiths as Thomas King, Allan J. Ryan, Mirjam Hirch, and Tomson Highway — to take a look at what makes aboriginal humor tick. Their hilarious, enlightening contributions playfully examine the use of humor in areas as diverse as stand-up comedy, fiction, visual art, drama, performance, poetry, traditional storytelling, and education.

Dysfunctional Comedy

Livia Páldi,Olav Westphalen

Author : Livia Páldi,Olav Westphalen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Art, Modern
ISBN : 3956792564

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Dysfunctional Comedy by Livia Páldi,Olav Westphalen Pdf

Dysfunctional Comedy documents a series of public events, performances, and workshops conceptualized by German-American artist Olav Westphalen and organized with different partners, mainly in Sweden, between 2012 and 2015. An intersection of practices, ideas, and images, this artist's book/catalogue engages with representatives of different traditions and genres in comedic and cartoonist practices to reflect on the rich history of stand-up comedy and political satire. The publication features more than fifteen artists and writers who engage with a variety of comedic techniques, often as a way to subvert the strategies and themes of stand-up comedy and rethink artistic performativity and audience participation. Public speech and the ways of addressing sensitive issues, stereotypes, taboos, and power relations are also examined, not only to seek new modes of public address, but to look critically at the art world and cultural-political operations, conservatism, and inflexibility. Copublished with BAC - Baltic Art Center, Visby; and the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm Contributors Aron Flam, Anna Kinbom, Lars-Erik Hjertström Lappalainen, Sally O'Reilly, Lívia Páldi, Roee Rosen, Olav Westphalen

The Hidden Tools of Comedy

Steve Kaplan

Author : Steve Kaplan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Comedy
ISBN : 1615931406

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The Hidden Tools of Comedy by Steve Kaplan Pdf

A paradigm shift in understanding the mechanics and art of comedy, providing practical tools that help writers translate that understanding into successful, commercial scripts. Kaplan deconstructs secrets and techniques in popular films and TV that work and don't work, and explains what tools were used (or should have been used ).

Reader In Comedy

Reader in Comedy by Magda Romanska,Alan Ackerman Pdf

The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader by Ian Wilkie Pdf

The Film Comedy Reader by Gregg Rickman Pdf

The Comedy Studies Reader by Nick Marx,Matt Sienkiewicz Pdf

Reading Dante by Giuseppe Mazzotta Pdf

How Not to Read by Dan Wilbur Pdf

Slapstick Comedy by Tom Paulus,Rob King Pdf

Is This Anything? by Jerry Seinfeld Pdf

Funny, You Don't Look Autistic by Michael McCreary Pdf

The Comedy Bible by Judy Carter Pdf

Sober Stick Figure by Amber Tozer Pdf

Inside Comedy by David Steinberg Pdf

Me Funny by Anonim Pdf

Dysfunctional Comedy by Livia Páldi,Olav Westphalen Pdf

The Hidden Tools of Comedy by Steve Kaplan Pdf

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