LEADER 00000cam 2200445 i 4500 001 sky279209118 003 SKY 005 20160601094656.0 008 150408t20152015ctuc d b 001 0beng c 010 2015941636 015 GBB5H3489|2bnb 020 9780300174458|q(hardcover) 020 0300174454|q(hardcover) 035 (OCoLC)906878013 040 YDXCP|beng|erda|cYDXCP|dBTCTA|dBDX|dERASA|dOCLCQ|dSFR|dIK2 |dUOK|dZLM|dILI|dVP@|dGK8|dFLP|dSKYRV|dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 092 BIO|bMARX 100 1 Siegel, Lee,|d1957-|eauthor. 245 10 Groucho Marx :|bthe comedy of existence /|cLee Siegel. 264 1 New Haven ;|aLondon :|bYale University Press,|c[2015] 264 4 |c©2015 300 viii, 162 pages :|bportrait ;|c22 cm. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 490 1 Jewish lives 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index. 505 0 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. 520 Born Julius Marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as Groucho was the most verbal of the famed comedy team, the Marx Brothers, his broad slapstick portrayals elevated by ingenious wordplay and double entendre. In his spirited biography of this beloved American iconoclast, Lee Siegel views the life of Groucho through the lens of his work on stage, screen, and television. 600 10 Marx, Groucho,|d1890-1977. 650 0 Comedians|zUnited States|vBiography. 655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft 830 0 Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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