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Literary Readings of Billy Wilder
Editor: Georges-Claude Guilbert
Date Of Publication: Oct 2007
Isbn13: 9781847183156
Isbn: 1-84718-315-8
Billy Wilder, hailed by most as a great filmmaker, often considered himself primarily as a writer. Yet to this day no publisher had thought fit to release literary interpretations of his work. Such an endeavor was clearly missing. The idea of this book is to offer academic but non hermetic readings of nine of his most significant films, informed by literary criticism, Gender Studies, semiotics, Film Studies, and the “artistic sensibility” of its contributors. Literary Readings of Billy Wilder should please film students, English students and Wilder fans alike.
Georges-Claude Guilbert is Professor of American Studies at the Université François Rabelais – Tours. He is the author of Carson McCullers: Amours décalées (1999), Madonna as Postmodern Myth: How One Star’s Self-Construction Rewrites Sex, Gender, Hollywood and the American Dream (2002), and C’est pour un garçon ou pour une fille? La Dictature du genre (2004). He has also published many articles on American literature and popular culture. He is the editor in chief of the Graat Journal (http://www.graat.fr).
Price Uk Gbp: 39.99
Price Us Usd: 59.99
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