Erica Todd

Passionate Love and Popular Cinema

Romance and Film Genre

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the romantic drama and the way that passionate love is presented as the central storyline in popular cinema, drawing upon genre studies and sociology. Exploring the passionate love story as a cinematic form, it also contributes, through comparison, to research on the romantic comedy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-45183-8
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 240g
• ISBN-13: 9781349451838
• ISBN-10: 1349451835
• Artikelnr.: 45074781

Autorenporträt

Erica Todd holds a PhD from the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Depicting Love in Cinema 1. Passionate Love in Hollywood and the Romanic Drama Genre 2. Passionate Love in Early Hollywood Romantic Dramas 3. Passionate Love in Hollywood Romantic Dramas 1950s-1970s 4. Passionate Love in Contemporary Hollywood Dramas Conclusion: The Changing Landscape of Passionate Love in Cinema Notes Bibliography Filmography Index