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The Essential Chaplin. Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian.
Richard . Ed(S): Schnickel
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Hardback. Editor(s): Schnickel, Richard. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ASZB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 549.
The most important criticism of the great comedian's work, including pieces by Andrew Sarris, David Thomson, Gilbert Seldes, Alistair Cooke, Robert E. Sherwood, Stark Young, Edmund Wilson, Stanley Kauffmann, Alexander Woollcott, George Jean Nathan, Max Eastman, Robert Warshow, Water Kerr, and James Agee. Richard Schickel, one of our outstanding film critics, has written a long introduction. Praise for Schickel's Chaplin documentary: An invaluable critic and historian.... Schickel's film...is like a course in cultural history taught by a witty, slightly dyspeptic professor.-A. O. Scott, New York Times
The most important criticism of the great comedian's work, including pieces by Andrew Sarris, David Thomson, Gilbert Seldes, Alistair Cooke, Robert E. Sherwood, Stark Young, Edmund Wilson, Stanley Kauffmann, Alexander Woollcott, George Jean Nathan, Max Eastman, Robert Warshow, Water Kerr, and James Agee. Richard Schickel, one of our outstanding film critics, has written a long introduction. Praise for Schickel's Chaplin documentary: An invaluable critic and historian.... Schickel's film...is like a course in cultural history taught by a witty, slightly dyspeptic professor.-A. O. Scott, New York Times
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636827
SKU
V9781566636827
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Reviews for The Essential Chaplin. Perspectives on the Life and Art of the Great Comedian.
The Essential Chaplin stresses the significance of Charlie’s oeuvre and directs the audience to its most hilarious films.
The Wall Street Journal
A wonderfully put-together overview of Chaplin's life and art.
Ina Hughes
News-Sentinel
[An] intrinsically valuable new anthology.
Scott Eyman
The New York Observer
A fascinating compilation...For fans, this book is ... Read more
The Wall Street Journal
A wonderfully put-together overview of Chaplin's life and art.
Ina Hughes
News-Sentinel
[An] intrinsically valuable new anthology.
Scott Eyman
The New York Observer
A fascinating compilation...For fans, this book is ... Read more