Biography genre conventions of romantic comedies
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American Romantic Comedy - LAST REVIEWED: 24 July 2012
- LAST MODIFIED: 24 July 2012
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199791286-0131
- LAST REVIEWED: 24 July 2012
- LAST MODIFIED: 24 July 2012
- DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199791286-0131
Babington, Bruce, and Peter William Evans.
Affairs to Remember: The Hollywood Comedy of the Sexes.
Biography genre conventions of romantic comedies
Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1989.
An eccentric, insightful survey. Chapter 1 addresses Bringing Up Baby (1938) and screwball; chapter two profiles Ernst Lubitsch; chapter 3 covers Bob Hope, Mae West, and Woody Allen; chapter 4 is on the 1950s, particularly Pat and Mike (1952), Pillow Talk (1959), The Seven Year Itch (1955), and Douglas Sirk.
The final chapter takes stock of romantic comedy in the 1970s and 1980s.
Deleyto, Celestino.
Biography genre conventions of romantic comedies and musicals
The Secret Life of Romantic Comedy. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 2009.
After discussing genre theory, this intelligent book presents a theory of romantic comedy addressing the importance of laughter, the function of the mid-pl