KINDS OF AMERICAN FILM COMEDY by Wes D. Gehring ( 9781476688992 )

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Title:

KINDS OF AMERICAN FILM COMEDY
SIX CORE GENRES AND THEIR LITERARY ROOTS

By:

Wes D. Gehring

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Paperback / softback

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1476688990

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9781476688992

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Publisher:

MCFARLAND & CO INC

Pub. date:

15 December, 2023

Pages:

277

Description:

Tracing a rambling lineage from Ben Franklin to Mark Twain to Bob Hope to Steve Martin, the author presents a genealogy of glib antiheroes blowing raspberries at the world.

Illustrations:

35 photos

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