Contesting Tears: The Hollywood Melodrama of the Unknown Woman
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What is marriage? Can a relationship dedicated to equality, friendship, and mutual education flower in an atmosphere of romance? What are the paths between loving another and knowing another? Stanley Cavell identified a genre of classic American films that engaged these questions in his study of comedies of remarriage, Pursuits of Happiness. With Contesting Tears, Cavell demonstrates that a contrasting genre, which he calls "the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0226098168
ISBN13:9780226098166
Release Date:February 1997
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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CAVELL'S BEST BOOK
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THE BOOK IS THE CUMULATIVE RESULT OF CAVELL'S REMARKABLE QUEST TO BRING PHILOSOPHY BACK TO THE HUMANITIES.
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