Del 18 - New Approaches to Film Genre

Hollywood Romantic Comedy

Conventions, History, Controversies

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvLeger Grindon,USA) Grindon, Leger (Middlebury College

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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 centuryPresents a full analysis of the range of romantic comedy conventions, including dramatic conflicts, characters, plots, settings, and the function of humorDevelops a survey of romantic comedy movies and builds a canon of key films from Hollywood's classical era right up to the present dayChapters work as discrete studies as well as within the larger context of the book

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-03-18
Mått152 x 226 x 15 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Approaches to Film Genre
Antal sidor240
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405182652

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List of Plates ixAcknowledgements xi1 Introduction 12 History, Cycles, and Society 253 Thinking Seriously About Laughter and Romance 674 Trouble in Paradise (1932): What is the Trouble in Paradise? 845 His Girl Friday (1940): Jailbreak! 966 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944): The Home Front Romantic Comedy 1067 Adam’s Rib (1949): Anatomy Lesson 1178 Some Like It Hot (1959): Riding Sidesaddle 1299 The Graduate (1967): Counter-Conventions and Cultural Change 13910 Annie Hall (1977): The Trials of Partnership 15011 When Harry Met Sally (1989): Friendship, Sex, and Courtship 16012 There’s Something About Mary (1998): Parody and the Grotesque 17113 Waitress (2007): Women’s Ambivalence 181A Chronology of Prominent Hollywood Romantic Comedies 191References 195Index 201

“Grindon’s contribution to the romantic comedy film bibliography is a valuable addition to the limited number of similar scholarly endeavors, and it seems well-designed for classroom use—not just for teaching the particular films he discusses, but also for teaching methodology. The romantic comedy genre has rarely received the sort of academic recognition it deserves, but students, film scholars, romance scholars, and rom-com enthusiasts all over the world will find The Hollywood Romantic Comedya fine introduction to this culturally and politically significant film genre.” (Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 1 October 2012)"The romantic comedy genre has rarely received the sort of academic recognition it deserves, but students, film scholars, romance scholars, and rom-com enthusiasts all over the world will find The Hollywood Romantic Comedy a fine introduction to this culturally and politically significant film genre." (Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 15 October 2012) "Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers." (Choice, 1 September 2011)