Hollywood Romantic Comedy

The most up-to-date study of the Hollywood romantic comedy film, from the development of sound to the twenty-first century, thisbook examines the history and conventions of the genre and surveysthe controversies arising from the critical responses to thesefilms.

• Provides a detailed interpretation of important romantic comedyfilms from as early as 1932 to movies made in the twenty-firstcentury
• Presents a full analysis of the range of romantic comedyconventions, including dramatic conflicts, characters, plots, settings, and the function of humor
• Develops a survey of romantic comedy movies and builds a canonof key films from Hollywood's classical era right up to the presentday
• Chapters work as discrete studies as well as within the largercontext of the book