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The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History, Controversies
Leger Grindon
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Description for The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History, Controversies
Paperback. 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. Series: New Approaches to Film Genre. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFN; ASZB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
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.
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 ... Read more
- Chapters work as discrete studies as well as within the larger context of the book
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
New Approaches to Film Genre
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405182652
SKU
V9781405182652
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About Leger Grindon
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).
Reviews for The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History, Controversies
“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, ... Read more