Melodrama : genre, style, sensibility / John Mercer and Martin Shingler.

By:

Mercer, John, Dr

Contributor(s):

Shingler, Martin, 1965-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Short cuts (London, England)Publication details: London ; New York : Wallflower, 2004.Description: 134 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

1904764029 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

791.43 MER

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	791.43 MER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100305276

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility is designed as an accessible overview of one of the most popular genres at undergraduate Film Studies. The book identifies three distinct but connected concepts through which it is possible to make sense of melodrama; either as a genre, originating in European theatre of the 18th and 19th century, as a specific cinematic style, epitomised by the work of Douglas Sirk or as a sensibility that emerges in the context of specific texts, speaking to and reflecting the desires, concerns and anxieties of audiences. Films discussed include All That Heaven Allows, Safe, Fear Eats the Soul, Black Narcissus, Suddenly Last Summer and Rebel Without a Cause . Each chapter includes overviews of key essays, analyses of significant and widely studied films and includes an annotated reading list.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-131) and index.

Filmography (p. 119-126).

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Table of Illustrations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Genre
Chapter 2 Style
Chapter 3 Sensibility Conclusion Filmography
Recommended Reading List Bibliography

Author notes provided by Syndetics

John Mercer is Lecturer in Film and Media Studies at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College
Martin Shingler is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Staffordshire University