Comedy Incarnate: Buster Keaton, Physical Humor, and Bodily Coping

In Comedy Incarnate, Noël Carroll surveys the characteristics of Buster Keaton’s unique visual style, to reveal the distinctive experience of watching Keaton’s films.

• Bold and provocative thesis written by one of America’s foremost film theorists
• Takes a unique look at the philosophies behind Keaton’s style
• Weighs visual elements over narrative form in the analysis of the Keaton’s work
• Provides a fresh vantage point for analysis of film and comedy itself