Chaplin: A Life
Appearance
Author | Stephen M. Weissman |
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Language | English |
Subject | Biography |
Publisher | Arcade Publishing |
Publication date | October 2008 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Hardcover |
ISBN | 978-1-55970-892-0 |
OCLC | 225870336 |
791.4302/8092 B 22 | |
LC Class | PN2287.C5 W45 2008 |
Chaplin: A Life is a 2008 biography of the actor Charlie Chaplin by American psychoanalyst Stephen M. Weissman. [1]The book examines young Chaplin's early childhood experiences and the formative role they later played in shaping his art. An ex-London street urchin, Chaplin used humor to creatively transform real life boyhood experiences of homelessness into his screen character's picaresque adventures as the streetwise Little Tramp.
References
[edit]- ^ Gehring, Wes D. (18 September 2014). Chaplin's War Trilogy: An Evolving Lens in Three Dark Comedies, 1918-1947. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7465-3.
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