{"product_id":"the-comedian-as-confidence-man-studies-in-irony-fatigue-paperback-softback-9780814346792","title":"The Comedian As Confidence Man; Studies in Irony Fatigue (Paperback \/ softback) 9780814346792","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Comedian As Confidence Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStudies in Irony Fatigue\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWill Kaufman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780814346792\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 October 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.395 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this lively and fascinating analysis of humorists and their work, Will Kaufman breaks new ground with his irony fatigue theory. \u003cem\u003eThe Comedian as Confidence Man\u003c\/em\u003e examines the humorist's internal conflict between the social critic who demands to be taken seriously and the comedian who never can be: the irony fatigue condition. Concentrating on eight American literary and performing comedians from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, this study explores the irony fatigue affect that seems to pervade the work of comedians-those particular social observers who are obliged to promise, \"\"Only kidding, folks,\"\" even when they may not be; in G. B. Shaw's words, they must \"\"put things in such a way as to make people who would otherwise hang them believe they are joking.\"\"  If these social observers are obliged to become, in effect, confidence men, with irony as the satiric weapon that both attacks and diverts, then the implications are great for those social critics who above all wish to be heeded.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wayne State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739505520920,"sku":"9780814346792","price":22.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-comedian-as-confidence-man-studies-in-irony-fatigue-paperback-softback-9780814346792","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}