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Contesting Tears
Stanley Cavell
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Description for Contesting Tears
Paperback. Stanley Cavell explores a genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," through close readings of four melodramas he finds definitive of the genre: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Gaslight", "Now Voyager", and "Stella Dallas". Num Pages: 272 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
Stanley Cavell identified a genre of classic American films that engaged these questions in his study of comedies of remarriage, "Pursuits of Happiness". With "Contesting Tears", Cavell demonstrates that a contrasting genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," shares a surprising number and weave of concerns with those comedies. Cavell provides close readings of four melodramas he finds definitive of the genre: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Gaslight", "Now Voyager", and "Stella Dallas".
Stanley Cavell identified a genre of classic American films that engaged these questions in his study of comedies of remarriage, "Pursuits of Happiness". With "Contesting Tears", Cavell demonstrates that a contrasting genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," shares a surprising number and weave of concerns with those comedies. Cavell provides close readings of four melodramas he finds definitive of the genre: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Gaslight", "Now Voyager", and "Stella Dallas".
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226098166
SKU
V9780226098166
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