Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.

Herausgeber: Horton, Andrew; Andrew, Horton

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays about Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780521485661
• ISBN-10: 0521485665
• Artikelnr.: 21899028

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: 'Think slow, act fast' - Keaton's comic genius Andrew Horton
1. 'This fellow Keaton seems to be the whole show': Buster Keaton, interrupted performance and the Vaudeville aesthetic Henry Jenkins
2. Houdini's protégé: Buster Keaton in Sherlock Jr. Peter F. Parshall
3. The detective and the fool: or, the mystery of manhood in Sherlock Jr. Kathleen Rowe Karlyn
4. Passing through the equal sign: fractal mathematics in Sherlock Jr. Michael Goodwin
5. The purple rose of Keaton Dan Georgakas
6. Playing detective: possible solutions to the production mysteries of Sherlock Jr. David B. Pearson
Filmography
Opening reviews of 'Sherlock Jr.', 1924
Select bibliography
Index.