The Great Charlie, the Biography of the Tramp - Couverture souple

Payne, Robert

 
9781883283957: The Great Charlie, the Biography of the Tramp
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1883283957 ISBN 13 : 9781883283957
Editeur : Brick Tower Press, 2012

Synopsis

Described in the "Saturday Review of Literature" as O. . . the best writings on Chaplin in any language, O this edition analyzes all of Chaplin's important appearances on the screen and also traces his descent back through Dan Leno, Grimaldi, Pierrot and Punch, to the earliest laughter-maker of them all.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Payne (1911-l983) was born in Cornwall, U.K. His father was English, his mother French. He was educated at St. Paul's School in London and at the universities of Liverpool, Capetown in South Africa, Munich and The Sorbonne. During his lifetime he had over a hundred books published on a wide range of subjects, the widest range of any known author. He was known chiefly for his biographies and history books, among them Hitler, Lenin, Stalin, Gandhi, Leonardo, Chaplin, the Christian Centuries, The World of Art. He also wrote novels and poetry. Librarians loved him; critics raved about him. Orville Prescott of The New York Times referred to him as "a literary phenomenon of astounding versatility and industry."

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Éditeur
Brick Tower Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1883283957
ISBN 13 
9781883283957
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
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Personne responsable
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