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Despite the claim of many a Borscht Belt comic that he is a practitioner of "the worlds second-oldest professsion," stand-up comedy is a young and distinctly American literary form. It was not until the last decades of the nineteenth century when, enabled by unprecedented prosperity and the right to free expression, that monologists began appearing in American vaudeville halls. Yet even though it has since become an entertainment industry mainstay, stand-up comedy has received precious little scholarly attention.

The Legacy of the Wisecrack: Stand-up Comedy as the Great American Literary...

A mysterious man with a Midas touch delights the world but still seeks release from his own personal nightmare. Mark Wladika can do just about anything. As a high school sophomore, he demonstrates an uncanny grasp of quantum physics. As a young Marine, he is a master of hand-to-hand combat, capable of taking out men twice his size with a single blow. He is a cosmologist, a philosopher, an observer of the human condition, and - unbeknownst to anyone - a man plagued by sorrow, loss, and deep longing. One day, Wladika directs his genius to the art of stand-up comedy, and by doing so brings a new...