The Hollywood Romantic Comedy (ePub)
Conventions, History, Controversies
(Sprache: Englisch)
The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film,
from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this
book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys
the controversies arising from the critical responses to...
from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this
book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys
the controversies arising from the critical responses to...
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The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film,
from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this
book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys
the controversies arising from the critical responses to these
films.
* Provides a detailed interpretation of important romantic comedy
films from as early as 1932 to movies made in the twenty-first
century
* Presents a full analysis of the range of romantic comedy
conventions, including dramatic conflicts, characters, plots,
settings, and the function of humor
* Develops a survey of romantic comedy movies and builds a canon
of key films from Hollywood's classical era right up to the present
day
* Chapters work as discrete studies as well as within the larger
context of the book
from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this
book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys
the controversies arising from the critical responses to these
films.
* Provides a detailed interpretation of important romantic comedy
films from as early as 1932 to movies made in the twenty-first
century
* Presents a full analysis of the range of romantic comedy
conventions, including dramatic conflicts, characters, plots,
settings, and the function of humor
* Develops a survey of romantic comedy movies and builds a canon
of key films from Hollywood's classical era right up to the present
day
* Chapters work as discrete studies as well as within the larger
context of the book
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „The Hollywood Romantic Comedy (ePub)“
List of Plates. Acknowledgements. 1 Introduction. 2 History, Cycles, and Society. 3 Thinking Seriously About Laughter and Romance. 4 Trouble in Paradise (1932): What is the Trouble in Paradise? 5 His Girl Friday (1940): Jailbreak! 6 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944): The Home Front Romantic Comedy. 7 Adam's Rib (1949): Anatomy Lesson. 8 Some Like It Hot (1959): Riding Sidesaddle. 9 The Graduate (1967): Counter-Conventions and Cultural Change. 10 Annie Hall (1977): The Trials of Partnership. 11 When Harry Met Sally (1989): Friendship, Sex, and Courtship. 12 There's Something About Mary (1998): Parody and the Grotesque. 13 Waitress (2007): Women's Ambivalence. A Chronology of Prominent Hollywood Romantic Comedies. References. Index.
Autoren-Porträt von Leger Grindon
Leger Grindon is Professor of Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College, USA. He has written widely on film and is the author of Shadows on the Past: Studies in the Historical Fiction Film (1994) and Knockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema (2011).
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Leger Grindon
- 2011, 1. Auflage, 232 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1444395955
- ISBN-13: 9781444395952
- Erscheinungsdatum: 02.03.2011
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