Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema: Cliché, Convention and the Final Couple
Author:   James MacDowell (Associate Fellow, University of Warwick)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
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9780748699773


Pages:   224
Publication Date:   28 November 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Happy Endings in Hollywood Cinema: Cliché, Convention and the Final Couple


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Author:   James MacDowell (Associate Fellow, University of Warwick)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.346kg
ISBN:  

9780748699773


ISBN 10:   0748699775
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   28 November 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction: The ‘Happy Ending’: The Making of a Reputation; Chapter 1:The ‘Happy Ending’ and Homogeneity; Chapter 2: Happy Endings and Closure; Chapter 3: Happy Endings and Unrealism; Chapter 4: Happy Endings and Ideology; Conclusion: Provisions for the Future; Bibliography; Index

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"MacDowell quietly but brilliantly questions widespread misconceptions about Hollywood endings, and convincingly argues for their variety and complexity as well as their emotional and intellectual appeal. The book's combination of exceptionally smart in-depth textual analysis and theoretical speculation makes it compulsory reading for scholars and students for whom the films themselves are still the main focus of our discipline. A wonderful book.-- ""Celestio Deleyto, University of Zaragoza"""


Author Information

James MacDowell is an Associate Fellow in the Department of Film & Television Studies at the University of Warwick, and an editorial board member of Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism. His research focuses on issues of narrative, aesthetics and culture in Hollywood and American independent cinema, and he is currently writing a book on irony in film.

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