Umfang:
1 online resource (145 pages)
ISBN:
9780231503389
Inhalt:
Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: Pillow Talk (1959), Annie Hall (1977), and You've Got Mail (1998)
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Romantic Comedy and Genre -- 2 Screwball Comedies -- 3 The Sex Comedy -- 4 The Radical Romantic Comedy -- 5 The Neo-Traditional Romantic Comedy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendices -- Filmography -- Bibliography -- Index
Sprache:
Englisch
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