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The comic mind

The comic mind

by Gerald Mast

History and criticismComedy filmsKomische filmsFilmkomödie
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History and criticismComedy filmsKomische filmsFilmkomödie

About the author

Gerald Mast
Gerald Mast

1940

Gerald Mast is Professor of English at the University of Chicago. He is the author also of The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies; Howard Hawks: Storyteller; and Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings.

Author

Gerald Mast

Pages

353

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

3

Language

English

Publisher

New English Library

ISBN

9780450021404

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