Has anybody mentioned YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (Mel Brooks) yet? This is definitely pre-1980... ...and what about theory of the grotesque? You might want to check out a classic book by the German critic KAYSER on the subject (I don't know about any English edition). He seems to stress the Romantic concept of the grotesque, while Bachtin has different opinions in RABELAIS AND HIS WORLD. Dr. Eckart Voigts-Virchow Institut fuer Anglistik & Amerikanistik Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10B D-35394 GIESSEN Tel 0 64 03 - 702 - 55 55 Fax 0 64 03 - 702 - 38 11 Tel/Priv 0 64 03 - 6 83 82 e-mail: [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]