{"product_id":"happiness-and-tears-after-cavell-paul-deb-9798855804720","title":"Happiness and Tears, After Cavell: New Readings in Hollywood's Comedy of Remarriage and Melodrama of the Unknown Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores contemporary expressions of these two genres, and their continuing relevance, in recent Hollywood films.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanley Cavell's influential philosophical work on American cinema concerns itself with the thought that some of the most popular movies of Hollywood's Golden Age constitute two related, but previously undefined, genres that he names \"the comedy of remarriage\" and \"the melodrama of the unknown woman,\" respectively. In this collection, the first devoted to the subject, leading figures in philosophy and film studies provide detailed readings of more recent Hollywood films that show how these two genres continue to be inherited in American cinema, not least by the films' participation in a certain moral outlook--concerning personal and cultural transformation--that Cavell calls \"Emersonian Perfectionism.\" The films discussed include \u003ci\u003eRich and Famous\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAs Good as It Gets\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Best Friend's Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRevolutionary Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn the Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePalm Springs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTenet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Deb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798855804720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Paul Deb","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47611950825727,"sku":"9798855804720","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d49b6760-ab16-4e28-9486-930e8914ec4d.jpg?v=1764517164","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/happiness-and-tears-after-cavell-paul-deb-9798855804720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}