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020			_a9781599424958
028			_a;Donated by Ivan Paul Verghese
082			_a792.76 TAF
100			_aTafoya, Eddie
245			_aThe legacy of the wisecrack _b: stand-up comedy as the great American literary form _c/ Eddie Tafoya
260			_aBoca Raton _b : BrownWalker Press, _c2009.
300			_a236 pages _b: illustrations _c24cm
365			_b2219
505			_a"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.
650			_aArt
650			_a Sports, games & entertainment
650			_aStand-up comedy -- United States.
650			_aComedy -- History and criticism.
650			_aComedy.
650			_aUnited States.
700			_aTafoya, Eddie
942			_cBOOK