Marcia Landy has gathered thirty-seven important essays on film and melodrama that have appeared in books and journals over the last two decades. In her introduction to the book, Landy explores the recent interest in the genre in relation to theoretical work in psychoanalysis and semiotics, setting
Imitations of Life: A Reader of Film and Television Melodrama (Contemporary Film and Television Series)
β Scribed by Marcia Landy (Editor)
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 620
- Series
- Contemporary Film and Television Series
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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