Comedy in Literature and Popular Culture: From Aristophanes to Saturday Night Live

by James V. Morrison

Book Overview

Comedy in Literature and Popular Culture: From Aristophanes to 'Saturday Night Live' explores works of comedy from the past 2,500 years.

James V. Morrison discusses works including those of Aristophanes and Plautus, Shakespeare and Moliere, and modern comic writers, performers, and cartoonists, such as Thomas Nast, P. G. Wodehouse, Charlie Chaplin, and Jerry Seinfeld, asking the following questions:

Is comedy a mirror of our lives?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032763248
• ISBN13: 9781032763248
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages