Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage by Stanley Cavell

Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage

Stanley Cavell

296 pages first pub 1981 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy reflective slow-paced

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Cavell names a new genre of American film, 'the comedy of remarriage, ' in this reading of seven romantic comedies of the '30s and '40s: It Happened One Night, The Awful Truth, Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, The Lady Ev...

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