Terms of endearment : Hollywood romantic comedy of the 1980s and 1990s / edited by Peter William Evans and Celestino Deleyto.
| Other author | Evans, Peter William. |
| Other author | Deleyto, Celestino. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1998. |
| Description | xi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : Surviving love / Peter William Evans and Celestino Deleyto -- Love lies : romantic fabrication in contemporary romantic comedy / Frank Krutnik -- 'I think I could fall in love with him' : Victor/Victoria and the 'drag' of romantic comedy / Steven Cohan -- Murphy's romance : romantic love and the everyday / Deborah Thomas -- Something wild : take a walk on the wild side (but be home before midnight) / Constanza del Río -- Time trips and other tropes : Peggy Sue got married and the metaphysics of romantic comedy / Bruce Babington -- Working girl : a case study of achievement by women? New opportunities, old realities / Chantal Cornut-Gentille -- Love and other triangles : Alice and the conventions of romantic comedy / Celestino Deleyto -- The fever and the itch : matching plots in Spike Lee's Jungle fever / Isabel C. Santaolalla -- Allison Anders's Gas food lodging : independent cinema and the new romance / Kathleen Rowe Karlyn -- Meg Ryan, megastar / Peter William Evans. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215) and index. |
| LCCN | 99488332 |
| ISBN | 0748608850 |