Much writing about comedy in the last twenty years hasonly trivialized comedy as cheap or as temporary distractionfrom things that "really matter." It has either presentedexhaustive taxonomies of kind
Hitchcock’s People, Places, and Things argues that Alfred Hitchcock was as much a filmmaker of things and places as he was of people. Drawing on the thought of Bruno Latour, John Bruns traces th
Hitchcock’s People, Places, and Things argues that Alfred Hitchcock was as much a filmmaker of things and places as he was of people. Drawing on the thought of Bruno Latour, John Bruns traces th
This reprint from 2009 (which has a new introduction) views comedy in literature as a way of understanding and that it can provide insight into the world and everyday experiences. The author argues th
