Comedies of nihilism : the representation of tragedy onscreen

• 主要作者: Khan, Amir
• 格式: 圖書
• 語言: English
• 出版: Palgrave Macmillan 2020
• 主題: Comedy films > History and criticism ; Tragic; 791.43 KHA 2017
• 在線閱讀: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/92294

This book presents close-readings of seven post-millennial comedic films: Up in the Air, Tropic Thunder, JCVD, Winnebago Man, The Trotsky, Be Kind Rewind, and Hamlet 2. It is a sequel to Stanley Cavell’s 1981 landmark study of the comedic genre, Pursuits of Happiness, where he examines seven comedie...