TY - BOOK AU - Solomon,William TI - Slapstick modernism: Chaplin to Kerouac to Iggy Pop SN - 9780252098468 AV - PS310 .S537 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - American literature KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - Modernism (Literature) KW - United States KW - History KW - Literature, Experimental KW - Silent films KW - Motion pictures and literature KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: the origins of slapstick modernism --; 1920s. The work of art in the age of mechanical transportation --; The politics and poetics of attraction I: Dos Passos --; The politics and poetics of attraction II: Harold Lloyd's "thrill" films --; Becoming-child: Harry Langdon --; 1930s. The emergence of slapstick modernism --; Theoretical interlude: Benjamin and the question concerning second technology --; 1950s-1960s. The rise of slapstick modernism; or, the birth of the uncool; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1100870&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -