{"product_id":"comedy-incarnate-buster-keaton-physical-humor-and-bodily-coping-9781405188326","title":"Comedy Incarnate: Buster Keaton, Physical Humor, and Bodily Coping","description":"\u003cb\u003eCOMEDY INCARNATE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOMEDY INCARNATE\u003cbr\u003eBuster Keaton, Physical Humor and Bodily Coping\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Buster Keaton was an engineer of the comic, a craftsman of gags, a mechanic of humor. While Carroll does not aspire to be as funny as Keaton, he can match (and follow) him in intricate and brilliant analysis, providing a logic of illogic. A book that will change how we think about slapstick and film style.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Gunning, University of Chicago \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eComedy Incarnate\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, inventive and lucid examination of Buster Keaton's \u003ci\u003eThe General\u003c\/i\u003e. Through close textual analysis, Carroll opens up a wide expanse of historical and theoretical territory - positioning \u003ci\u003eThe General\u003c\/i\u003e in relation to the writings of Merleau-Ponty, Bergson, and Poulet, as well as to the films of Chaplin, Lloyd, and Langdon.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucy Fischer, University of Pittsburgh \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Building on Keaton's directorial practice as a sort of civil engineer who engaged a mechanical universe, Carroll . . . investigates how Keaton's emphasis on gags and their intelligibility characterize the film in specific ways. In so doing he opens up an understanding of how Keaton's comedy of body intelligence works, especially in contrast to contemporaries like Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, and he shows how intelligence - the artist's and the viewer's - informs laughter.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCHOICE \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eComedy Incarnate\u003c\/i\u003e explores the intricacies of Buster Keaton's unique visual style to discover what provokes laughter in his timeless films, paying special attention to \u003ci\u003eThe General\u003c\/i\u003e. Keaton's precise body comedy, coupled with his unconventional directorial decisions, suggests a new way of analyzing the film in terms of its visual elements as opposed to its narrative. Written by one of America's foremost film theorists, this in-depth examination of the comedy of the steam, steel, and railroad era will provide a fresh vantage point for analysis of film and comedy itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Noël Carroll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405188326\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoel Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His recent books include \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Motion Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008) and \u003ci\u003eOn Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e (2008). He is co-editor, with Jinhee Choi, of \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Film and Motion Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2005).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44308000964723,"sku":"9781405188326","price":58.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_5a1d2b8d-269c-42b2-b955-cca64c1e1ca8.jpg?v=1771074497","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/comedy-incarnate-buster-keaton-physical-humor-and-bodily-coping-9781405188326","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}