Buster Keaton in His Own Time: What the Responses of 1920s Critics Reveal

by Wes D. Gehring

Book Overview

Buster Keaton "can impress a weary world with the vitally important fact that life, after all, is a foolishly inconsequential affair," wrote critic Robert Sherwood in 1918. A century later Keaton, with his darkly comic "theater of the absurd," speaks to audiences like no other silent comedian. If you thought you knew Keaton--think again

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476666806
• ISBN13: 9781476666808
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher