1987, ISBN: 9780195048773

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New York: Collier, 1972. 3rd ptg thus . Soft cover. Very Good+. IN ENGLISH. Mass market paperback, lightly aged pictorial white covers. No names, clean text. Solid. Woyzek by Georg Buec… More...

New York: Collier, 1972. 3rd ptg thus . Soft cover. Very Good+. IN ENGLISH. Mass market paperback, lightly aged pictorial white covers. No names, clean text. Solid. Woyzek by Georg Buechner; Maria Magdalena by Fredrich Hebbel; The Weavers by Gerhart Hauptmann; The Marquis of Keith by Frank Wedekind; The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht. 6500 shelf, Collier, 1972, 3, NY: Doubleday Anchor Book A48A. Good. 1955. 1st Edition". paperback. 4x7". GOOD Condition PAPERBACK. BIT INK UNDERLINED IN 1 PLAY ; BLACK SPINE & COVER TITLES ON WHITE PAPER COVERS ; 302+pg pages; Volume ONE only... Of MULTI volume set ., Doubleday Anchor Book A48A, 1955, 2.5, Doubleday Anchor Books, January 1955. Mass Market PaperBack . Fair. Darkened spine, dust stained cover, inked tick marks next to 3 out of 5 plays listed on front & there is a black marker strike top left corner front cover. Large elaborate previous dealer's stamp in red ink with handwritten number in blue ink. There is a cluster of pages 7 through 27 with splashes of brown stains (coffee?). (302 pp. plus six pages of Anchor titles available.), Doubleday Anchor Books, 2, New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. Rear cover and pages toned. 1987 Trade Paperback. viii, 214 pp. Harry Levin is one of the major literary critics in America. This book is a brilliant and original study of the whole world of comedy, concentrating on playwrights through the centuries, from Aristophanes and Plautus in classical times to Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht and their recent successors. Theories about the subject of comedy have abounded, but they have generally been divorced from theatrical practice. The alternative--discussions of plays and playwrights, without defining or analyzing the problems they have in common--is also unsatisfying. Moreover, many critics, in trying to make the subject of humor "respectable" have treated the subject humorlessly, while others have succumbed to the temptation to be flip. Levin views the comic repertory as a richly variegated but broadly unified whole and provides a synthesis of theory and practice plus a further synthesis of theories heretofore regarded as conflicting. He isolated two fundamental aspects of comedy: one centers on the ludicrous (irresponsible, irreverent) "playboy" whom we laugh with, and the other on the ridiculous (pretentious, forbidding) "killjoy", whom we laugh at. Levin traces the dialectical interplay of these components throughout history and across various cultures and media. He places strong emphasis on such major dramatists as Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Molière, and William Congreve. He comments on the nature and theory of comedy as enunciated by such famous figures as George Meredith and Henri Bergson, and includes essays on such related ideas as humor, satire, and games; but the emphasis throughout is on the plays and on the stage, with incidental reference to comedians like Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers., Oxford University Press, 1987, 4<

1987, ISBN: 9780195048773

Doubleday Anchor Books, January 1955. Mass Market PaperBack . Fair. Darkened spine, dust stained cover, inked tick marks next to 3 out of 5 plays listed on front & there is a black … More...

Doubleday Anchor Books, January 1955. Mass Market PaperBack . Fair. Darkened spine, dust stained cover, inked tick marks next to 3 out of 5 plays listed on front & there is a black marker strike top left corner front cover. Large elaborate previous dealer's stamp in red ink with handwritten number in blue ink. There is a cluster of pages 7 through 27 with splashes of brown stains (coffee?). (302 pp. plus six pages of Anchor titles available.), Doubleday Anchor Books, 2, New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x0x8. First printing. Rear cover and pages toned. 1987 Trade Paperback. viii, 214 pp. Harry Levin is one of the major literary critics in America. This book is a brilliant and original study of the whole world of comedy, concentrating on playwrights through the centuries, from Aristophanes and Plautus in classical times to Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht and their recent successors. Theories about the subject of comedy have abounded, but they have generally been divorced from theatrical practice. The alternative--discussions of plays and playwrights, without defining or analyzing the problems they have in common--is also unsatisfying. Moreover, many critics, in trying to make the subject of humor "respectable" have treated the subject humorlessly, while others have succumbed to the temptation to be flip. Levin views the comic repertory as a richly variegated but broadly unified whole and provides a synthesis of theory and practice plus a further synthesis of theories heretofore regarded as conflicting. He isolated two fundamental aspects of comedy: one centers on the ludicrous (irresponsible, irreverent) "playboy" whom we laugh with, and the other on the ridiculous (pretentious, forbidding) "killjoy", whom we laugh at. Levin traces the dialectical interplay of these components throughout history and across various cultures and media. He places strong emphasis on such major dramatists as Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Molière, and William Congreve. He comments on the nature and theory of comedy as enunciated by such famous figures as George Meredith and Henri Bergson, and includes essays on such related ideas as humor, satire, and games; but the emphasis throughout is on the plays and on the stage, with incidental reference to comedians like Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers., Oxford University Press, 1987, 4<

1987, ISBN: 0195048776

[EAN: 9780195048773], Near Fine, [PU: Oxford University Press], ESSAYS LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE COMEDY PLAYS THEATER THEATRE ENTERTAINMENT, First printing. Rear cover and pages toned… More...

[EAN: 9780195048773], Near Fine, [PU: Oxford University Press], ESSAYS LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE COMEDY PLAYS THEATER THEATRE ENTERTAINMENT, First printing. Rear cover and pages toned. 1987 Trade Paperback. viii, 214 pp. Harry Levin is one of the major literary critics in America. This book is a brilliant and original study of the whole world of comedy, concentrating on playwrights through the centuries, from Aristophanes and Plautus in classical times to Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht and their recent successors. Theories about the subject of comedy have abounded, but they have generally been divorced from theatrical practice. The alternative--discussions of plays and playwrights, without defining or analyzing the problems they have in common--is also unsatisfying. Moreover, many critics, in trying to make the subject of humor "respectable" have treated the subject humorlessly, while others have succumbed to the temptation to be flip. Levin views the comic repertory as a richly variegated but broadly unified whole and provides a synthesis of theory and practice plus a further synthesis of theories heretofore regarded as conflicting. He isolated two fundamental aspects of comedy: one centers on the ludicrous (irresponsible, irreverent) "playboy" whom we laugh with, and the other on the ridiculous (pretentious, forbidding) "killjoy", whom we laugh at. Levin traces the dialectical interplay of these components throughout history and across various cultures and media. He places strong emphasis on such major dramatists as Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Moli?re, and William Congreve. He comments on the nature and theory of comedy as enunciated by such famous figures as George Meredith and Henri Bergson, and includes essays on such related ideas as humor, satire, and games; but the emphasis throughout is on the plays and on the stage, with incidental reference to comedians like Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothers., Books<