Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films |
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| Author:
| Shaw, Daniel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4744-5571-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2021 |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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This book focuses on Stanley Cavell's account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, which proposes the remarkable thesis that most truly great Hollywood films reflect the struggle to become who we are that is foregrounded in the characteristically American theory of Emersonian perfectionism.
This book focuses on Stanley Cavell's account of what makes Hollywood movies so magical, which proposes the remarkable thesis that most truly great Hollywood films reflect the struggle to become who we are that is foregrounded in the characteristically American theory of Emersonian perfectionism.