Comedy

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Byrge, Duane, and Robert Milton Miller. The Screwball Comedy Films: A History And Filmography, 1934-1942.  Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2001.

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Dale, Alan S. Comedy Is A Man In Trouble : Slapstick In American Movies. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000.

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Deleyto, Celestino, ed.Flashbacks: Re-Reading the Classical Hollywood Cinema. Zaragoza: Servicio de Publicaciones, 1992 (chapter onBringing Up Baby).

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Frye, Northrop.Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1957.

Gournelos, Ted, and Viveca Greene. A Decade Of Dark Humor: How Comedy, Irony, And Satire Shaped Post-9/11 America. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.

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Greenblatt, Stephen.Shakespearean Negotiations, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1988.

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Horton, Andrew, ed.Comedy / Cinema / Theory. Berkeley, Los Angeles & Oxford: University of California Press, 1991.

Hunter, I. Q., and Laraine Porter. British Comedy Cinema. Abingdon, Oxon; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Jenkins, Henry.What Made Pistachio Nuts? Early Sound Comedy and the Vaudeville Aesthetic, Nueva York, Columbia University Press, 1992.

Kamin, Dan. The Comedy Of Charlie Chaplin: Artistry In Motion. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008.

Karnick, Kristine B. and Jenkins, Henry (1995), “Funny Stories”, InClassical Hollywood Comedy. Kristine Karnick and Henry Jenkins, eds. New York & London: Routledge, 1995, 63-86.

Karnick, Kristine B. and Jenkins, Henry, eds.Classical Hollywood Comedy. New York & London: Routledge, 1995.

King, Geoff. Film Comedy. London ; New York : Wallflower, 2002.

Koseluk, Gregory. Great Brit-Coms: British Television Situation Comedy. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2000.

Krutnik, Frank. “A Spanner in the Works? Genre, Narrative, and the Hollywood Comedian.” InClassical Hollywood Comedy. Kristine Karnick and Henry Jenkins, eds. New York & London: Routledge, 1995, 17-38.

Krutnik, Frank. “General Introduction.” InHollywood Comedians, The Film Reader. F. Krutnik, ed. London and New York: Routledge, 2003, 1-18.

Laham, Nicholas. Currents Of Comedy On The American Screen : How Film And Television Deliver Different Laughs For Changing Times. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2009.

Matthews, Nicole. Comic Politics : Gender In Hollywood Comedy After The New Right. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2000.

McCabe, Bob. The Rough Guide To Comedy Movies. London ; New York : Rough Guides, 2005.

McCaffrey, Donald W. The Road To Comedy : The Films Of Bob Hope. Westport, Conn : Praeger, 2005.

Means Coleman, Robin R. African American Viewers And The Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor.  New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

Merton, Paul. Silent Comedy. London : Random House, 2007.

Mills, Brett. Television Sitcom. London : BFI, 2005.

Neale, Steve and Krutnik, Frank.Popular Film and Television Comedy. London & New York: Routledge, 1990.

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North, Michael. Machine-Age Comedy. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Palmer, Jerry.Taking Humour Seriously, London and New York: Routledge, 1994.

Palmer, Jerry.The Logic of the Absurd: On Film and Television Comedy. London: BFI Publishing, 1987.

Paulus, Tom, and Rob King. Slapstick Comedy. New York : Routledge, 2010.

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Rowe, Kathleen.The Unruly Woman: Gender and the Genres of Laughter. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995.

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Salmi, Hannu. Historical Comedy On Screen : Subverting History With Humour. Bristol, UK; Chicago : Intellect, 2011.

Savorelli, Antonio. Beyond Sitcom : New Directions In American Television Comedy. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2010.

Seidman, Steve.Comedian Comedy: A Tradition in Hollywood Film, Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1981.

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Sikov, Ed.Laughing Hysterically: American Screen Comedy of the 1950s. New York: Columbia U.P, 1994.

Smith, Susan. Hitchcock: Suspense, Humour and Tone. London: British Film Institute, 2000.

Thompson, Ben. Sunshine On Putty : The Golden Age Of British Comedy. London : Fourth Estate, 2004.

Tueth, Michael. Laughter In The Living Room : Television Comedy And The American Home Audience. New York : Peter Lang, 2005.

Tueth, Michael. Reeling With Laughter: American Film Comedies--From Anarchy To Mockumentary. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2012.

Vineberg, Steve. High Comedy In American Movies : Class And Humor From The 1920S To The Present. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.