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The legacy of the wisecrack : stand-up comedy as the great American literary form / Eddie Tafoya

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: ;Donated by Ivan Paul VerghesePublication details: Boca Raton : BrownWalker Press, 2009.Description: 236 pages : illustrations 24cmISBN:
  • 9781599424958
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.76 TAF
Contents:
"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.
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"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.

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