Marianne and the Puritan: Transformation of the Couple in French and American Films David I. Grossvogel 9780739113653

As recent history continues to show, France and the United states enjoy a love-hate relationship. Expressions of admiration and dismissal of one culture by the other are usually based on superficial judgments derived from well-worn clichZs that do little more than perpetuate perceived and real differences between the two societies. Those who study these differences inevitably examine them through their own cultural peculiarities. Marianne and the Puritan attempts to draw these various analyses together by contrasting the different ways each culture constructs the romantic couple through U.S. and French popular cinema. David I. Grossvogel's broad sweeping, comparative, and interdisciplinary study is conducted with great elegance and erudition. It is a must for film studies, literary criticism, francophone studies, art history, and cultural sociology and anthropology.

About the Author
David I. Grossvogel is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies at Cornell University.


Book Information
ISBN 9780739113653
Author David I. Grossvogel
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Lexington Books
Publisher Lexington Books
Weight(grams) 367g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 20mm