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The Death of Comedy
The Death of Comedy
Author: Erich Segal
In a grand tour of comic theater over the centuries, Erich Segal traces the evolution of the classical form from its early origins in a misogynistic quip by the sixth-century B.C. Susarion, through countless weddings and happy endings, to the exasperated monosyllables of Samuel Beckett. With fitting wit, profound erudition lightly worn, and inst...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674012479
ISBN-10: 067401247X
Publication Date: 10/30/2003
Pages: 608
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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