The birth of the tramp: Chaplin, gesture, and the rhythms of modernity

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  • Sarah Hanks University of Oxford

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Charlie Chaplin, Film, Photography, Rhythm, Music and Literature,

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The birth of the tramp: Chaplin, gesture, and the rhythms of modernity. (2013). Postgraduate English: A Journal and Forum for Postgraduates in English, 26. https://postgradenglishjournal.awh.durham.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/pgenglish/article/view/101