Ebook {Epub PDF} Comedy: A Very Short Introduction by Matthew Bevis

 · This Very Short Introduction explores comedy both as a literary genre, and as a range of non-literary phenomena, experiences and events. Matthew Bevis studies the classics of comic drama, prose fiction and poetry, alongside forms of pantomime, comic opera, silent cinema, popular music, Broadway shows, music-hall, stand-up and circus acts, rom-coms, sketch shows, sit-coms, Brand: Oxford University Press. Comedy: A Very Short Introduction explored comedy as a literary genre and as a range of non-literary impulses and events (pantomime, circus, stand-up acts, caricatures, and other funny business). My most recent book, Wordsworth's Fun, was published by the University of Chicago Press in (more information and reviews here). Comedy: A Very Short Introduction by Bevis, Matthew. Trade Paperback available at Half Price Books® www.doorway.ru Comedy: A Very Short Introduction. by Bevis, Matthew. To consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and how may it be used (or abused)?.

Matthew Bevis' "Very Short Introduction to Comedy" is hugely enjoyable and offers a sophisticated (and at times properly demanding) account of the development of the subject from the time of the Ancient Greeks up to more-or-less the present day. I say it's demanding but that should not put anyone off reading this wonderful guide. Author: Matthew Bevis. Binding: Paperback PAP. Language: This book should contain text in eng. Publication Date: Publisher: OUP Oxford. ISBN/EAN. Comedy: A Very Short Introduction by Matthew Bevis. Download eBook. Comedy: A Very Short Introduction Matthew Bevis ebook ISBN: Publisher: Oxford University Press Page: Format: pdf. Posted on March 4, by Jim. Nov 7, - I still need to write a proper introduction to Shakespearean tragedy, but for now, perhaps the.

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction explored comedy as a literary genre and as a range of non-literary impulses and events (pantomime, circus, stand-up acts, caricatures, and other funny business). My most recent book, Wordsworth's Fun, was published by the University of Chicago Press in (more information and reviews here). This Very Short Introduction explores comedy both as a literary genre, and as a range of non-literary phenomena, experiences and events. Matthew Bevis studies the classics of comic drama, prose fiction and poetry, alongside forms of pantomime, comic opera, silent cinema, popular music, Broadway shows, music-hall, stand-up and circus acts, rom. Comedy: A Very Short Introduction studies written forms of comedy such as prose fiction, poetry, caricatures, and cartoons. There are also performance forms of comedy such as comic drama, pantomime, comic opera, silent cinema, popular music, Broadway shows, music-hall, stand-up and circus acts, rom-coms, sketch shows, sit-coms.