Hollywood Romantic Comedy by Grindon, Leger

Hollywood Romantic Comedy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405182652)

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Hollywood Romantic Comedy by Grindon, Leger

Hollywood Romantic Comedy

$39.95
Hollywood Romantic Comedy by Grindon, Leger

Hollywood Romantic Comedy

$39.95
Format: Paperback
Description
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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 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


Author: Leger Grindon
ISBN-10: 1405182652
ISBN-13: 9781405182652
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 04/18/2011
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2011
By Leger Grindon
By Leger Grindon
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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).

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