Contesting Tears: The Hollywood Melodrama of the Unknown Woman
- ISBN-10
- 0226098141
- ISBN-13
- 9780226098142
- Category
- Drama
- Pages
- 255
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Stanley Cavell
Description
A Note on the Captions Preface Introduction 1: Naughty Orators: Negation of Voices in Gaslight 2: Psychoanalysis and Cinema: Moments of Letter from an Unknown Woman3: Ugly Duckling, Funny Butterfly: Bette Davis and Now, Voyager 4: Postscript: To Whom It May Concern 5: Stella's Taste: Reading Stella Dallas Notes Bibliography Filmography Index Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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