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

In Comedy Incarnate, No l 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