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On the verge of tears : why the movies, television, music, art, popular culture, literature, and the real world make us cry / edited by Michele Byers and David Lavery.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crying.
- Crying--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The idea for this book began with David Lavery's 2007 column for flowtv.org. ""The Crying Game: Why Television Brings Us to Tears"" asked us to consider that ""age-old mystery"": tears. The respondents to David's initial survey-Michele Byers among them-didn't
- Contents:
- Crying at music and art
- Crying at the movies
- Crying at television and popular culture
- Crying at literature and drama
- Crying at the real world.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-233), filmography (p. 234-237) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-2195-0
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