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The death of comedy

Paperback • 2001 • Norwegian Bokmål

The death of comedy

By Erich Segal

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About the book

In a grand tour of comic theater over the centuries, Erich Segal traces the evolution of the classical form from its early origins in a misogynistic quip by the sixth-century B.C. Susarion, through countless weddings and happy endings, to the exasperated monosyllables of Samuel Beckett. With fitting wit, profound erudition lightly worn, and instructive examples from the mildly amusing to the uproarious, his book fully illustrates comedy's glorious life cycle from its first breath to its death in...Show more

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ISBN

9780674012479

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press

Published year

2001

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

The death of comedy

Format

Paperback

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