Bibliograph

Groucho Marx, the comedy of existence, Lee Siegel

Type

Label

Groucho Marx, the comedy of existence, Lee Siegel

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Groucho Marx

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

906878013

Responsibility statement

Lee Siegel

Series statement

Jewish lives

Sub title

the comedy of existence

Summary

The cultural and psychological roots of Groucho Marx's genius are explored, uncovering the source of the performer's outrageous intellectual acuity and hilarious insolence toward convention and authority in his early upbringing and Marx family dynamics. -- Publisher's description

Table Of Contents

Introduction: a fateful condition -- Nothing will come of nothing -- Human, all too human -- Fathers and sons -- Groucho and me: a match made in heaven -- Interlude: words -- Beyond the pleasure principle -- Groucho the Jewish aristocrat -- Groucho the Jewish outsider-philosopher -- Epilogue: gone today, here tomorrow

Target audience

adolescent

Classification