The films of Eric Rohmer : French new wave to old master / edited by Leah Anderst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anderst, Leah, 1979- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rohmer, Éric, 1920-2010--Criticism and interpretation.

Rohmer, Éric, 1920-2010.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

vi, 254 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

Eric Rohmer was a key figure in French New Wave cinema. His death in 2010 sparked renewed interest in his diverse body of works that span films, criticism, and television work. Contributors to this volume-a mix of well-known and younger scholars of cinema-visit, revisit, complicate, and at times upend accepted readings and interpretations of perennial Rohmerian topics including the important role of language in his films, the influence of the arts, depictions of gender and class, and the roles played by space and place. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Eric Rohmer and Me / André Aciman Aciman, André 7

Part I Rohmer: Critic and Philosopher

2 Eric Rohmer and the Legacy of Cinematic Realism / Tom Gunning Gunning, Tom 23

3 Practicing What He Preaches? Continuities and Discontinuities Rohmer's Early Film Criticism and His Conte d'automiie / T. Jefferson Kline Kline, T. Jefferson 33

4 Ma Nuit chez Maud and the Moral Imagination: Rhymes, Symmetries, and Variations on an Ethical Theme / Matthew Thorpe Thorpe, Matthew 49

Part II Narration, Frames, Genres

5 The Fall into Words: From Contes des quatre saisons to L'Anglaise et le Due / Nöel Herpe Herpe, Nöel, Timothy F. Wilson Wilson, Timothy F. 65

6 Eric Rohmer's Magnetic Fluid / Dudley Andrew Andrew, Dudley 73

7 Imagination and Grace: Rohmer's Contes des quatre saisons / Keith Tester Tester, Keith 89

8 Auteur Meets Genre: Rohmer and the Rom-Com / Mary Harrod Harrod, Mary 101

Part III Politics, Gender, and Class

9 Rohmer/Politics: From Royalism to Ecology / Antoine de Baecque Baecque, Antoine de, Nathalie Fouyer Fouyer, Nathalie 117

10 On the Class Character of Desire: Romantic Heroics in the Contes moraux / Derek Schilling Schilling, Derek 131

11 Rohmer's Realism: Women on the Border of What Is and What Might Be / Aimée Israel-Pelletier Israel-Pelletier, Aimée 147

Part IV Architecture, Places, and Space

12 The Changing Landscape and Rohmer's Temptation of Architecture / Ivone Margulies Margulies, Ivone 161

13 Walking in the City: Paris in the Films of Eric Rohmer / Fiona Handyside Handyside, Fiona 177

14 Rohmer's Poetics of Placelessness / Leah Anderst Anderst, Leah 191

Part V Adapting History and Literature

15 Eric Rohmer, Historiographer / Jerry W. Carlson Carlson, Jerry W. 205

16 Eric Rohmer's Talking Heads: Listening to the Classical Text in La Bruyère / Mark Cohen Cohen, Mark 215

17 Triple Agent: Eric Rohmer and the Tumult of the Interwar Years / Pierre Lethier Lethier, Pierre 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137010995

1137010991

OCLC:

861788995