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Contesting Tears: The Hollywood Melodrama of the Unknown Woman
Stanley Cavell
Stanley Cavell explores a genre, which he calls "the melodrama of the unknown woman," through close readings of four melodramas he finds definitive of the genre: "Letter from an Unknown Woman", "Gaslight", "Now Voyager", and "Stella Dallas".
272 pages, 48 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 1, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226098166 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 154 × 229 × 15 mm · 432 g |
| Language | English |
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