Annie Hall film still from A.H. Torp's site Introduction and Scope Key to Locations LC Subject Headings Browsing Areas Frequently Mentioned Works Encyclopedias and Dictionaries Bibliographies Abstracts and Indexes Journals Film Reviews Biographical Sources Works of Scholarship and Criticism Interviews Works by Woody Allen WWW Resources This pathfinder and webpage was created by Christine Stachowicz, Graduate Student in Library Science, in conjunction with coursework in the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Please send comments or questions to:  stacc@ils.unc.edu. Created December, 2000 Last updated December 13, 2000 All links were active as of that date.

Print Version Woody Allen: A Research Pathfinder Frequently Mentioned Works The following works are often cited in research material on Woody Allen. Yacowar, Maurice. Loser Take All: The Comic Art of Woody Allen. New York: Continuum, 1991. Davis PN1998.3 .A45 Y33 1991 This insightful academic study of Woody Allen's work, originally published in 1979 and expanded in 1991, is widely cited as the definitive and most authoritative analysis of the subject. Maurice Yacowar defines the Woody Allen persona and perceptively examines Allen's prose, plays, and films in an effort to define the themes, structure, and artistry of his work. In so doing, he concludes Allen is "a serious, probing artist with a consistent and distinctive vision [who] happens to work in the comic mode" (Introduction). The extensive footnotes and comprehensive bibliography are valuable research tools. Lax, Eric. On Being Funny: Woody Allen and Comedy. New York: Charterhouse, 1975. Davis, UL PN2287.A53 L3 One of the earliest books about Woody Allen, On Being Funny is the product of several years of interviews conducted by the author while he was granted full access to Allen and his ongoing projects, and therefore consists largely of Allen's personal observations. In an informative and entertaining fashion, Lax examines Allen's artistry by showing the comedian at work, and thereby relates Allen's complex approach to his material. Mast, Gerald. The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies. 2nd ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1979. Davis, UL PN1995.9 .C55 M38 "This book examines a specific breed of clown-the one who translated comedy into cinematic terms-and tries to establish that he did think and to indicate how…. It begins with the intention of revealing serious thought in the comic film form. And it assumes that the best comedies (even the funniest comedies) are those which achieve something that is more than simply funny" (Introduction). Woody Allen information: In the chapter entitled "From Parody to Psychocomedy: Woody Allen and Others," Mast analyzes Woody Allen's work through 1978, and on this basis proclaims "he may not only be the best American comic filmmaker of his age but, arguably, the best American filmmaker of his age, period" (p. 319).