Abstract
Romantic Comedy offers an introduction to the analysis of a popular but overlooked film genre. The book provides an overview of Hollywood's romantic comedy conventions, examining iconography, narrative patterns, and ideology. Chapters discuss important subgroupings within the genre: screwball sex comedy and the radical romantic comedy of the 1970s. A final chapter traces the lasting influence of these earlier forms within current romantic comedies. Films include: Pillow Talk (1959), Annie Hall (1977), and You've Got Mail (1998).
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | London and New York |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780231503389 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781905674022 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2007 |