Playboys And Killjoys
An Essay on the Theory And Practice of Comedy
by Harry Levin
ISBN: 0195048563
ISBN-13: 9780195048568
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Published date: 1987
Pages: 222
Publisher's Notes
Looks at the history of comedy from Aristophanes to Bertolt Brecht, focusing on two types of humor, and discusses theories of humor in comic repertory.
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Playboys and Killjoys: An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy
Harry Levin
Oxford University Press, USA. Used - Good. Published: 1987. Hardcover. Dust jacket: Good. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS HARDCOVER; Minor small bends/tears to edges of dust jacket. Some rubbing on cover. Some aging/yellowing of text pages.Price or other sticker on dust jacket. ( more information)
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Playboys and Killjoys: an Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy
Levin, Harry
Oxford University Press, 1988. First Printing. Hardcover with DJ. Good/Good, about 20 pages have creased corners, previous owner signature on fep, text is otherwise clean, spine tilted but tight, good reading copy. Harry Levin--one of America's major literary critics--offers a brilliant and original study of the whole world of comedy, concentrating on playwrights through the centuries, from Aristophanes and Plautus in classical times to Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht and their recent successors. Literary Criticism ISBN: 0195048563. ( more information)
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Playboys and Killjoys - An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy
Levin, Harry
NY: Oxford University Press, 1987. First edition. x, 214pp. Black half-cloth, black paper boards, gilt spine lettering. A brilliant and original study of the whole world of comedy, concentrating on playwrights through the centuries from Aristophanes and Plautus to Bernard Shaw and Bertold Brecht and their recent successors. Minor tear to top spine edge o/w a fine, unclipped dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket/Very Good. Illus. by Dust Jacket Design By Ben Santora. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Playboys and Killjoys: An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy
Levin, Harry
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1987 USED - Standard. Book/DJ have only minor reading wear; binding is square and tight; text is clean and unmarked. Some shelf wear, edge wear, yellowing to jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Playboys and Killjoys : An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy
Levin, Harry
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1987. Harry Levin is one of the major literary critics in America. This book is a brilliant and original study of the whole world of comedy, concentrating on playwrights through the centuries.... First Edition. Half-Cloth. Fine/Fine, Brodart Covered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Playboys & Killjoys : An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy
Levin, Harry
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1987. 1st edition, 1st printing. Hardback w/Dustjacket. As New/Very Good. 1987 Hardback w/Dustjacket, 1st edition, 1st printing; Clean, crisp, tight, square, unmarked, possibly unread; Pages bright, untanned, unmarked; Glossy DJ bright, colorful, tanning @edges, w/1 scratch on the back panel; No remainder mark, no writing, no highlighting; Index; 214 pp.; Harry Levin--one of America's major literary critics--offers a brilliant and original study of the whole world of comedy, concentrating on playwrights through the centuries, from Aristophanes and Plautus in classical times to Bernard Shaw and Bertolt Brecht and their successors. ( more information)
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Playboys and Killjoys
LEVIN, Harry
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1987. "An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Comedy"; 214pp.. ISBN: 0195048563. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Essays. ( more information)
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