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Examining 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. Reconsidering the group's originality, impact and durability, a range of international scholars explores Python's influences, production contexts, frequently controversial themes, and the cult status and forms of fandom associated with Python in the present day. From television sketches, including The Funniest Joke in the World, Hell's Grannies, Dead Parrot and Confuse-a-Cat, to the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, to songs from the albums and live shows, this book is a ground-breaking critical analysis of the Monty Python phenomenon.
Kate Egan is a senior lecturer in film and media at Northumbria University, UK
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is professor of English at Central Michigan University, USA
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 'It's... The Introduction', Kate Egan and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock; PART I: SITUATING PYTHON; 1: 'Six Comics in Search of a ...: Monty Python and Absurdist/Surrealist Theatre', Rick Hudson; 2: '"'None shall pass" and "The skull beneath the skin": Monty Python, the British Class System, and Death', Gina Wisker; 3: 'Der Ver Zwei Peanuts: Depictions of a Distant War in Monty Python's Flying Circus', Anna Martonfi; PART II: PYTHON'S PRACTICES, FORMS AND MEDIUMS; 4: 'The Royal Philharmonic Goes to the Bathroom: The Music of Monty Python', James Leggott; 5: Paul Wells, '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', Ewan Wilson; PART III: 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', Caroline Langhorst; 8: 'The Parrot, the Albatross, and the Cat: Animals and Comedy in Monty
Python', Brett Mills; 9: '"Political Correctness", Reversal, and Incongruity: Dynamics of Humour in Life of Brian', Kathleen J. Cassity; PART IV: CULT, FANDOM AND PYTHON; 10: 'Philosophy, Absurdity, Waste and The Meaning of Life - A Cult Film, Of Sorts', Ernest Mathijs; 11: 'In Praise of Silliness: The Cult of Python', Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock; 12: 'Memories of Connecting: Fathers, Daughters and Intergenerational Monty Python Fandom', Kate Egan
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Dr Kate Egan is Senior Lecturer in Film and Media at Northumbria UniversityProfessor Jeffrey Weinstock is Professor of English at Central Michigan University
