Author: George Jean Nathan Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press ISBN: 9780838679678 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 332
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George Jean Nathan (1882-1958) was formative influence on American letters in the first half of this century, and is generally considered the leading drama critic of his era. With H. L. Mencken, Nathan edited The Smart Set and founded and edited The American Mercury, journals that shaped opinion in the 1920s and 1930s. This series of reprints, individually introduced by the distinguished critic and novelist Charles Angoff, collects Nathan's penetrating, witty, and sometimes cynical drama criticism.
Author: George Jean Nathan Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press ISBN: 9780838633694 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 420
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The selection in this one-volume anthology are representative of Nathan's entire oeuvre and include informal essays; criticism of famous plays of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; discussions of dramaturgy and aesthetics; profiles of noted producers, players, playwrights, and other writers; and letters that illuminate his writings.
Author: George Jean Nathan Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 9781557833136 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 532
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(Applause Books). This anthology represents George Jean Nathan in all the various facets of his long writing career. He has written on marraige, politics, doctors, metropolitan life, the ballet, love, alcohol on virtually every major aspect of contemporary life and he has had something shrewd or amusing to say about every one of them.
Author: Thomas F. Connolly Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press ISBN: 9780838637807 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 186
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"Readers drawn to the "Roaring Twenties," gossip about the Great White Way, discussion of high, middle, and low-brow culture will seek out this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Andrew Horton Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1119169550 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 585
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A wide-ranging survey of the subject that celebrates the variety and complexity of film comedy from the ‘silent’ days to the present, this authoritative guide offers an international perspective on the popular genre that explores all facets of its formative social, cultural and political context A wide-ranging collection of 24 essays exploring film comedy from the silent era to the present International in scope, the collection embraces not just American cinema, including Native American and African American, but also comic films from Europe, the Middle East, and Korea Essays explore sub-genres, performers, and cultural perspectives such as gender, politics, and history in addition to individual works Engages with different strands of comedy including slapstick, romantic, satirical and ironic Features original entries from a diverse group of multidisciplinary international contributors
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