In 1893 Friedrich Engels branded history "the cruelest goddess
of all." This sorrowful vision of the past is deeply rooted in the
Western imagination, and history is thus presented as a joyless
playground of inevitability rather than a droll world of
possibilities. There are few places this is more evident than in
historical cinema which tends to portray the past in a somber
manner.
"
Historical Comedy on Screen" examines this tendency paying
particular attention to the themes most difficult to laugh at and
exploring the place where comical and historical storytelling
intersect. The book emphasizes the many oft-overlooked comical
renderings of history and asks what they have to tell us if we
begin to take them seriously.
General
Imprint: |
Intellect Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2011 |
First published: |
May 2011 |
Editors: |
Hannu Salmi
|
Dimensions: |
229 x 178 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
205 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84150-367-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
General
|
LSN: |
1-84150-367-3 |
Barcode: |
9781841503677 |
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