Dr Alex Clayton

Selected publications

Clayton, A, 2013, ‘Why Comedy is At Home on Television’. in: J Jacobs, S Peacock (eds) Television Aesthetics and Style. Bloomsbury Academic, New York & London, pp. 79-92
Clayton, A, 2012, ‘Play-Acting: A Theory of Comedic Performance’. in: Aaron Taylor (eds) Theorizing Film Acting. Routledge, New York, pp. 47-61
Clayton, A, 2011, ‘The Texture of Performance in Psycho and its Remake’. Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism, vol 3., pp. 73-79
Clayton, A & Klevan, A, 2011, ‘The Language and Style of Film Criticism’. Routledge
Clayton, A, 2011, ‘Coming to Terms’. in: A Clayton, A Klevan (eds) The Language and Style of Film Criticism. Routledge, pp. 27 - 38
Clayton, A, 2010, ‘The arrival of colour: responding to the restored Jour de fete’. Screen, vol 51, 4., pp. 390 - 395
Clayton, A, 2010, ‘Performance, With Strings Attached: Team America's Snub to the Actor’. in: T Brown, J Walters (eds) Film Moments: Criticism, History, Theory. British Film Institute, pp. 127 - 130
Clayton, A, 2007, ‘The Body in Hollywood Slapstick’. McFarland

Clayton, A, 2019, ‘Funny How?: Sketch Comedy and the Art of Humor’. State University of New York Press
Clayton, A, 2018, ‘Carole Lombard in To Be or Not to Be’. in: Close Up: Great Cinematic Performances. Edinburgh University Press

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