{"product_id":"melodrama-john-mercer-9781904764021","title":"Melodrama: Genre, Style, Sensibility","description":"\u003ci\u003eMelodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e is designed as an accessible overview of one of the most popular genres at undergraduate Film Studies. The book identifies three distinct but connected concepts through which it is possible to make sense of melodrama; either as a genre, originating in European theatre of the 18th and 19th century, as a specific cinematic style, epitomised by the work of Douglas Sirk or as a sensibility that emerges in the context of specific texts, speaking to and reflecting the desires, concerns and anxieties of audiences. Films discussed include \u003ci\u003eAll That Heaven Allows, Safe, Fear Eats the Soul, Black Narcissus, Suddenly Last Summer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e. Each chapter includes overviews of key essays, analyses of significant and widely studied films and includes an annotated reading list.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Mercer, Martin Shingler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1904764029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781904764021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wallflower Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.06w x 0.39d","brand":"John Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939110977791,"sku":"9781904764021","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f2690d75-6f5b-4119-b449-04f8bb2c2cf3.jpg?v=1681439560","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/melodrama-john-mercer-9781904764021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}