Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Notes on Contributors ix
6. ‘It’s . . . The Introduction’ 1
7. PART ONE SITUATING PYTHON
8. 1. Six Comics in Search of a . . . : Monty Python and Absurdist/Surrealist Theatre 23
9. 2. ‘None shall pass’ and ‘The skull beneath the skin’: Monty Python, the British Class System and Death 39
10. 3. Der Ver Zwei Peanuts: Depictions of a Distant War in Monty Python’s Flying Circus 57
11. PART TWO PYTHON’S PRACTICES, FORMS AND MEDIUMS
12. 4. The Royal Philharmonic Goes to the Bathroom: The Music of Monty Python 75
13. 5. The Disruptive Metamorphoses of an Impish God: Gilliam’s Satiric Animation 91
14. 6. Figures Traced in Shite: The Scribe, The Illuminator and Monty Python’s Holy Grail 107
15. PART THREE CONTEXTS AND REPRESENTATIONS
16. 7. Grannies from Hell, Daring Bicycle Repairmen, Upper-Class Twits and ‘Make Tea Not Love’: Monty Python’s Flying Circus and 1960s British (Popular) Culture 125
17. 8. The Parrot, the Albatross and the Cat: Animals and Comedy in Monty Python 141
18. 9. ‘Political Correctness’, Reversal and Incongruity: Dynamics of Humour in Life of Brian 155
19. PART FOUR CULT, FANDOM AND PYTHON
20. 10. Philosophy, Absurdity, Waste and The Meaning of Life: A Cult Film, of Sorts 173
21. 11. In Praise of Silliness: The Cult of Python 189
22. 12. Memories of Connecting: Fathers, Daughters and Intergenerational Monty Python Fandom 207
23. Index 227