Songs of innocence and experience : romance in the cinema of Frank Capra / by Magdalena Grabias.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grabias, Magdalena.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romance films.

Capra, Frank, 1897-1991.

Capra, Frank.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Songs of Innocence and Experience: Romance in the Cinema of Frank Capra is a study of the directoras chosen movies from the perspective of three types of comedies: paradisal, purgatorial and infernal, as assigned by Dante in his Divine Comedy. Magdalena Grabias-?urek views Capraas films in two broader categories of innocenceA and experience,A where innocenceA represents Dantean paradisal level, and experienceA combines the levels of purgatory and inferno. Such a division constitutes the means to interpret Capra's filmic universe and to describe the ever-evolving directorial vision of Frank Capra. - - The main purpose of the book is to demonstrate how, in the light of the theory of literary romance as presented by Northrop Frye in his seminal works concerning the subject, the films of Frank Capra fit into the genre of romance. Romantic elements in Frank Capraas movies can be found in both innocenceA and experienceA categories and, hence, consequently in his paradisal, purgatorial and infernal comedies. However, in both categories, and all three comedy types, the romantic reality of each examined film is structured and developed in a different manner. - - The book offers an insight into Frank Capraas films and a complex process of creating his multidimensional romantic universe within them. - - -

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 15, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4438-5095-0

OCLC:

855505159