Charles Burnetts

Improving Passions

Sentimental Aesthetics and American Film

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining eighteenth century 'moral sense' philosophy as a neglected but important intellectual area for film theory, 'Improving Passions' is an innovative exploration of the sentimental tradition as both theatrical genre and cultural logic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781474431699
• ISBN-10: 1474431690
• Artikelnr.: 53687099

Autorenporträt

Charles Burnetts teaches film in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Kings University College, The University of Western Ontario. He has published articles in Journal of Film and Video, New Review of Film and Television Studies and Scope, and in various book collections.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Towards a Genealogy of Sentimentalism in the 18th and 19th
Century
Chapter Two: Sentimental Aesthetics and Classical Film Theory
Chapter Three: The Sentimental Chaplin: Comedy and Classical Narrative
Chapter Four: Affect, or Postmodern Sentimentalism
Chapter Five: The Sentiments of War In Spielberg and Tarantino
Chapter Six: Sentiment and the 'Smart' Melodrama
Conclusion
Bibliography