Historical Comedy on Screen : Subverting History with Humour
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1841503673
ISBN-13
9781841503677
Publisher
Intellect
Imprint
Intellect Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 2011
Print length
205 Pages
Weight
366 grams
Dimensions
17.10 x 22.80 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Film: styles & genres
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In 1893, Friedrich Engels branded history 'the cruelest goddess of all'. This sorrowful vision of the past is deeply rooted in the Western imagination, and history is thus presented as a joyless playground of inevitability rather than a droll world of possibilities. This book emphasizes the many oft-overlooked comical renderings of history.
In 1893, Friedrich Engels branded history ''the cruelest goddess of all.'' This sorrowful vision of the past is deeply rooted in the Western imagination, and history is thus presented as a joyless playground of inevitability rather than a droll world of possibilities. There are few places this is more evident than in historical cinema which tends to portray the past in a somber manner. Historical Comedy on Screen examines this tendency paying particular attention to the themes most difficult to laugh at and exploring the place where comical and historical storytelling intersect. The book emphasizes the many oft-overlooked comical renderings of history and asks what they have to tell us if we begin to take them seriously.
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