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Passionate love and popular cinema : romance and film genre / Erica Todd.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Description: x, 171 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781137295378
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 791.436543
Contents:
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
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

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

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.

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