The Hollywood Romantic Comedy : Conventions, History, Controversies Hardback
by Leger (Middlebury College, USA) Grindon
Part of the New Approaches to Film Genre series
Hardback
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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
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/03/2011
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- ISBN:9781405182669
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/03/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405182669
