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Slapstick modernism : Chaplin to Kerouac to Iggy Pop / William Solomon.
Van Pelt Library PS310.M57 S55 2016
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Solomon, William, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Modernism (Literature)--United States--History.
- Modernism (Literature).
- Literature, Experimental--United States--History and criticism.
- Literature, Experimental.
- Silent films--United States--History and criticism.
- Silent films.
- History.
- United States.
- Motion pictures and literature--United States.
- Motion pictures and literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 261 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Introduction: the origins of slapstick modernism
- 1920s. The work of art in the age of mechanical transportation
- The politics and poetics of attraction I: Dos Passos
- The politics and poetics of attraction II: Harold Lloyd's "thrill" films
- Becoming-child: Harry Langdon
- 1930s. The emergence of slapstick modernism
- Theoretical interlude: Benjamin and the question concerning second technology
- 1950s-1960s. The rise of slapstick modernism; or, the birth of the uncool.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Solomon, William, author. Slapstick modernism.
- ISBN:
- 9780252040245
- 0252040244
- OCLC:
- 926062616
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