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Published: 06-2009

The Legacy of the Wisecrack: Stand-Up Comedy as the Great American Literary Form

by Tafoya, Eddie

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The Legacy of the Wisecrack: Stand-up Comedy as the Great American Literary Form looks at the theory of stand-up comedy, its literary dimensions, and its distinctly American qualities as it provides a detailed history of the forces that shaped it. The study concludes with a look at the works of specific comedians such as Steven Wright, whose three decades of performances comprise a single picaresque tale, and Richard Pryor, whose 1982 masterpiece Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip serves as modern America's answer to Dante Aligheri's epic poem, Inferno. The result is one of the first serious treatments of stand-up comedy as a literary form.

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Title of ebook: The Legacy of the Wisecrack: Stand-Up Comedy as the Great American Literary Form
ISBN: 9781599424965
parent-ISBN: 9781599424958
Publisher: Brown Walker Press
Internet download file size: 2786 kb
Published: 06-2009
Released online for download: 06-01-2009
Author of eBook: Tafoya, Eddie

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