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Hollywood Romantic Comedy

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by Leger Grindon
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Availability:In StockContributor:Leger GrindonSeries:New Approaches to Film GenrePublish date:4/18/2011Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781405182652ISBN-10:1405182652UPC:9781405182652Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCQNQQXAG0
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9781405182652ISBN-10:1405182652UPC:9781405182652Book Category:Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:FilmBook Topic:History & CriticismSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCQNQQXAG0
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).
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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