The legacy of the wisecrack

Tafoya, Eddie

The legacy of the wisecrack : stand-up comedy as the great American literary form / Eddie Tafoya - Boca Raton : BrownWalker Press, 2009. - 236 pages : illustrations 24cm

"I want a real literature class" --
Dissecting Americanness --
Joke theories --
A stand-up prehistory --
A history of stand-up --
The American (comedic) jeremiad --
Steven Wright and the post-modern Picaresque --
Richard Pryor, American Dante --
Conclusion: the comedic frontier.

9781599424958

Donated by Ivan Paul Verghese


Art
Sports, games & entertainment
Stand-up comedy -- United States.
Comedy -- History and criticism.
Comedy.
United States.

792.76 TAF
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