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Book synopsis

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 melodrama of the unknown woman," shares a surprising number and weave of concerns with those comedies. Cavell provides close readings of four melodramas he finds definitive of the genre: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Gaslight", "Now Voyager", and "Stella Dallas".

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Films, cinema

• Full title: Contesting Tears
• Subtitle: Hollywood Melodrama of the Unknown Woman
• Author: Stanley Cavell
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780226098142
• ID: 04543268
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Weight: 550 g
• Dimensions: 226 × 151 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. February 1997

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