Research Catalog

Title

Groucho and W.C. Fields : Huckster comedians / Wes D. Gehring.

Author

Gehring, Wes D.

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1994.

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Description

x, 196 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in popular culture

Uniform Title

Studies in popular culture (Jackson, Miss.)

Alternative Title

Groucho and WC Fields.

Subject

• Fields, W. C. 1880-1946 > Criticism and interpretation
• Fields, W. C., 1879-1946 > Criticism and interpretation
• Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977 > Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-190) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Background of the American Comic: Con Artist and the Antihero -- Ch. 3. W.C. Fields and Groucho Marx: An Analytical Dual Biography -- Ch. 4. Contrasting Film Huckster Styles: W.C. versus Groucho -- Ch. 5. Antiheroes and Absurdity: As Defined by the Films of W.C. and Groucho -- Ch. 6. Epilogue.

ISBN

• 0878057242 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0878057250 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^94018366^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library