The Hollywood Romantic Comedy: Conventions, History, Controversies

Author:   Leger Grindon (Middlebury College, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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9781405182669


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 March 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Leger Grindon (Middlebury College, USA)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781405182669


ISBN 10:   1405182660
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 March 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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?Grindon?s contribution to the romantic comedy film bibliography is a valuable addition to the limited number of similar scholarly endeavors, and it seems well-designed for classroom use?not just for teaching the particular films he discusses, but also for teaching methodology. The romantic comedy genre has rarely received the sort of academic recognition it deserves, but students, film scholars, romance scholars, and rom-com enthusiasts all over the world will find The Hollywood Romantic Comedya fine introduction to this culturally and politically significant film genre.? (Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 1 October 2012) The romantic comedy genre has rarely received the sort of academic recognition it deserves, but students, film scholars, romance scholars, and rom-com enthusiasts all over the world will find The Hollywood Romantic Comedy a fine introduction to this culturally and politically significant film genre. (Journal of Popular Romance Studies, 15 October 2012) Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. (Choice, 1 September 2011)


Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. (Choice, 1 September 2011)


The romantic comedy genre has rarely received the sort of academic recognition it deserves, but students, film scholars, romance scholars, and rom-com enthusiasts all over the world will find The Hollywood Romantic Comedy a fine introduction to this culturally and politically significant film genre. ( Journal of Popular Romance Studies , 15 October 2012) Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers. ( Choice , 1 September 2011)


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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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