Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition: cultural contexts in Monty Python PDF
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Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition Cultural Contexts in Monty Python Edited by Tomasz Dobrogoszcz Foreword by Terry Jones ROWMAN&LITTLEFIELD Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•London PublishedbyRowman&Littlefield AwhollyownedsubsidiaryofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 16CarlisleStreet,LondonW1D3BT,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2014byRowman&Littlefield Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData NobodyexpectstheSpanishInquisition:culturalcontextsinMontyPython/editedbyTomasz Dobrogoszcz;forewordbyTerryJones. pagescm Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-4422-3736-0(cloth:alk.paper)–ISBN978-1-4422-3737-7(ebook) 1.MontyPython(Comedytroupe)I.Dobrogoszcz,Tomasz,1970–editor. PN2599.5.T54N632014 791.45'028'0922–dc23 2014014377 TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Butremember,ifyou’veenjoyedreadingthisbookjusthalfasmuchas we’veenjoyedwritingit,thenwe’veenjoyedittwiceasmuchasyou. Contents Acknowledgments ix Foreword xi PartI:MontyPython’sBodyandDeath 1 1 “It’saMr.DeathorSomething.HeHasComeaboutthe Reaping.IDon’tThinkWeNeedAnyattheMoment”:Death andtheDenialofDeathintheWorksofMontyPython 3 KatarzynaMałecka 2 TheBody,Desire,andtheAbject:TheCorpseandCannibalism inMontyPython’sFlyingCircusSketches 23 EdytaLorek-Jezińska 3 TheRepresentationoftheWoman’sBodyinMontyPython’s TheMeaningofLife 35 KatarzynaPoloczek PartII:MontyPython,theFool 51 4 MontyPythonandtheFlyingFeastofFools 53 StephenButlerandWojciechKlepuszewski 5 “HowFortunateWeAreIndeedtoHaveSuchaPoetonThese Shores”:Shakespeare,MontyPython,andtheTraditionofthe WiseFool 61 MiguelÁngelGonzálezCampos 6 TheVillageIdiotandHisRelationtotheUnconscious 69 TomaszDobrogoszcz vii viii Contents PartIII:MontyPythonGoesAbroad 81 7 TheBritishLookAbroad:MontyPythonandtheForeign 83 TomaszDobrogoszcz 8 Twentieth-CenturyVole,Mr.Neutron,andSpam:Portrayalsof AmericanCultureintheWorkofMontyPython 95 KevinF.Kern 9 MontyPython’sFliegenderZirkus:TheUniqueGermanShow 107 AdamSumera PartIV:PythonianAestheticsandBeyond 123 10 EricIdleandtheCounterculture 125 RichardMills 11 KitschBritanniainMontyPython’sFlyingCircus 137 JustynaStępień Index 147 AbouttheEditorandContributors 151
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