The Anatomy of Harpo Marx (Paperback, New)

"The Anatomy of Harpo Marx" is a luxuriant, detailed play-by-play account of Harpo MarxOCOs physical movements as captured on screen. Wayne Koestenbaum guides us through the thirteen Marx Brothers films, from "The Cocoanuts" in 1929 to "Love Happy" in 1950, to focus on HarpoOCOs chief and yet heretofore unexplored attributeOCohis profound and contradictory corporeality. Koestenbaum celebrates the astonishing range of HarpoOCOs bodyOCoits kinks, sexual multiplicities, somnolence, Jewishness, cute pathos, and more. In a virtuosic performance, KoestenbaumOCOs text moves gracefully from insightful analysis to cultural critique to autobiographical musing, and provides Harpo with a host of odd bedfellows, including Walter Benjamin and Barbra Streisand.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2012
First published:	February 2012
Authors:	Wayne Koestenbaum
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	336
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-26901-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General
LSN:	0-520-26901-2
Barcode:	9780520269019

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