The Hollywood Romantic Comedy (eBook)
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-9595-2 (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).
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
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
"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)
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.3.2011 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Cultural Studies • Film studies, humor, sex, romance, love, romcom, Annie Hall, The Graduate, When Harry Met Sally • Geschichte des Filmtheaters • History of Cinema • Hollywood • Kulturwissenschaften |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4443-9595-5 / 1444395955 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4443-9595-2 / 9781444395952 |
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