{"product_id":"hollywood-romantic-comedy-9781405182652","title":"Hollywood Romantic Comedy","description":"The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, this book examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveys the controversies arising from the critical responses to these films. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a detailed interpretation of important romantic comedy films from as early as 1932 to movies made in the twenty-first century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents a full analysis of the range of romantic comedy conventions, including dramatic conflicts, characters, plots, settings, and the function of humor\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops a survey of romantic comedy movies and builds a canon of key films from Hollywood's classical era right up to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapters work as discrete studies as well as within the larger context of the book\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeger Grindon\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Film and Media Culture at Middlebury College, USA. He has written widely on film and is the author of \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Past: Studies in the Historical Fiction Film\u003c\/i\u003e (1994) and \u003ci\u003eKnockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807204868370,"sku":"9781405182652","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebe97305-90b7-488d-b831-b3871ab5f34f.jpg?v=1766045153","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hollywood-romantic-comedy-9781405182652","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}