The Hollywood Romantic Comedy
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-8265-2 (ISBN)
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
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).
List of Plates ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Introduction 1
2 History, Cycles, and Society 25
3 Thinking Seriously About Laughter and Romance 67
4 Trouble in Paradise (1932): What is the Trouble in Paradise? 84
5 His Girl Friday (1940): Jailbreak! 96
6 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1944): The Home Front Romantic Comedy 106
7 Adam’s Rib (1949): Anatomy Lesson 117
8 Some Like It Hot (1959): Riding Sidesaddle 129
9 The Graduate (1967): Counter-Conventions and Cultural Change 139
10 Annie Hall (1977): The Trials of Partnership 150
11 When Harry Met Sally (1989): Friendship, Sex, and Courtship 160
12 There’s Something About Mary (1998): Parody and the Grotesque 171
13 Waitress (2007): Women’s Ambivalence 181
A Chronology of Prominent Hollywood Romantic Comedies 191
References 195
Index 201
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.3.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | New Approaches to Film Genre |
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 345 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-8265-2 / 1405182652 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-8265-2 / 9781405182652 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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