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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Intro -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- 'It's . . . The Introduction' -- PART ONE SITUATING PYTHON -- 1. Six Comics in Search of a . . . : Monty Python and Absurdist/Surrealist Theatre -- 2. 'None shall pass' and 'The skull beneath the skin': Monty Python, the British Class System and Death -- 3. Der Ver Zwei Peanuts: Depictions of a Distant War in Monty Python's Flying Circus -- PART TWO PYTHON'S PRACTICES, FORMS AND MEDIUMS -- 4. The Royal Philharmonic Goes to the Bathroom: The Music of Monty Python |
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5. The Disruptive Metamorphoses of an Impish God: Gilliam's Satiric Animation -- 6. Figures Traced in Shite: The Scribe, The Illuminator and Monty Python's Holy Grail -- PART THREE CONTEXTS AND REPRESENTATIONS -- 7. Grannies from Hell, Daring Bicycle Repairmen, Upper-Class Twits and 'Make Tea Not Love': Monty Python's Flying Circus and 1960s British (Popular) Culture -- 8. The Parrot, the Albatross and the Cat: Animals and Comedy in Monty Python -- 9. 'Political Correctness', Reversal and Incongruity: Dynamics of Humour in Life of Brian -- PART FOUR CULT, FANDOM AND PYTHON |
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10. Philosophy, Absurdity, Waste and The Meaning of Life: A Cult Film, of Sorts -- 11. In Praise of Silliness: The Cult of Python -- 12. Memories of Connecting: Fathers, Daughters and Intergenerational Monty Python Fandom -- Index |
| Summary |
The book examines Monty Python's enduring status as an unconventional, anti-authoritarian comedy touchstone, this book reappraises Python's comedy output from the perspective of its fifty years of cultural circulation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Monty Python (Comedy troupe)
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Monty Python (Comedy troupe) |
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Guides & Reviews. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Egan, Kate, editor.
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Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: And now for something completely different. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2020] 9781474475174 (OCoLC)1136959939 |
| ISBN |
9781474475174 (electronic book) |
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1474475175 (electronic book) |
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1474475159 |
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9781474475150 |
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9781474475181 Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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1474475183 |
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