Restoration stage comedies and Hollywood remarriage films : in conversation with Stanley Cavell / Elizabeth Kraft.

Author
Kraft, Elizabeth [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
  • ©2017
Description
viii, 253 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    British literature in context in the long eighteenth century [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.
    Contents
    • Prologue: the reason and the rhyme
    • Something from nothing: marriage, conversation, and the tragicomic plot
    • The thin man of mode
    • Whippoorwills, gypsies, and fantasies of the night: Aphra Behn's The rover and Frank Capra's It happened one night
    • Luck, be a lady: Aphra Behn, Preston Sturges, and the ethics of genre
    • Playing and not playing: William Wycherley's The country wife and Howard Hawks's Bringing up baby
    • Forgotten men: William Wycherley's The plain dealer and Gregory la Cava's My man Godfrey
    • Provisos and reprieves: William Congreve's The way of the world and Howard Hawks's His girl friday
    • Happily ever after? the awful truth about careless husbands
    • Epilogue: hope springs eternal.
    ISBN
    • 9781472484581 ((alk. paper))
    • 1472484584 ((alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016017506
    OCLC
    961251590
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