The Hollywood Romantic Comedy
：Conventions, History and Controversies
( New Approaches to Film Genre )
Publication subTitle ：Conventions, History and Controversies
Publication series ：New Approaches to Film Genre
Author： Leger Grindon
Publisher： John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication year： 2011
E-ISBN: 9781444395945
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781405182652
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781405182669
Subject： J9 Movies, TV
Language： ENG
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Description
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
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