A Companion To Woody Allen Peter J Bailey Sam B Girgus by Peter J. Bailey, Sam B. Girgus 9781118514870, 9781444337235, 1118514874, 1444337238 instant download after payment.

Edited by two renowned Allen experts, A Companion to Woody Allen presents a collection of 26 original essays on the director’s films. Contributions offer a number of divergent critical perspectives while expanding the contexts in which his work is understood.

• A timely companion by the authors of two of the most important books on Allen to date
• Illuminates the films of Woody Allen from a number of divergent critical perspectives
• Explores the contexts in which his work should be understood
• Assesses Allen’s remarkable filmmaking career from its early beginnings and investigates the conflicts and contradictions that suffuse it
• Discusses Allen’s recognition as a global cinematic figure

Content:
Chapter 1 The Stand?up Auteur (pages 13–34): Cecilia Sayad
Chapter 2 Which Woody Allen? (pages 35–52): Colleen Glenn
Chapter 3 Woody Allen and France (pages 53–72): Gilles Menegaldo
Chapter 4 “Raging in the Dark” (pages 73–94): Christopher J. Knight
Chapter 5 A Difficult Redemption (pages 95–115): John Douglas Macready
Chapter 6 Comic Faith and Its Discontents (pages 116–144): Robert M. Polhemus
Chapter 7 Critical Theory and the Cinematic World of Woody Allen (pages 145–169): Stephen Papson
Chapter 8 Crimes and Misdemeanors (pages 170–187): Gregg Bachman
Chapter 9 Play it Again, Woody (pages 188–206): Claire Sisco King
Chapter 10 Jazz Heaven (pages 207–226): Christopher Ames
Chapter 11 “Here…It's Not Their Cup of Tea” (pages 227–256): Cynthia Lucia
Chapter 12 “It's Complicated, Really” (pages 257–276): Joanna E. Rapf
Chapter 13 Woody Allen's Grand Scheme (pages 277–293): Renee R. Curry
Chapter 14 Love and Citation in Midnight in Paris (pages 294–318): Katherine Fusco
Chapter 15 Taking the Tortoise for a Walk (pages 319–338): William Brigham
Chapter 16 Lurking in Shadows (pages 339–358): Iris Bruce
Chapter 17 Woody Allen and the Literary Canon (pages 359–380): William Hutchings
Chapter 18 “Who's He When He's at Home?” (pages 381–402): J. Andrew Gothard
Chapter 19 The Schlemiel in Woody Allen's Later Films (pages 403–423): Menachem Feuer
Chapter 20 Barcelona (pages 424–440): Brian Bergen?Aurand
Chapter 21 Woody Allen and the (False) Dichotomy of Science and Religion (pages 441–459): Mark T. Conard
Chapter 22 The Philosopher as Filmmaker (pages 460–480): David Detmer
Chapter 23 Disappearing Act (pages 481–503): Patrick Murray and Jeanne A. Schuler
Chapter 24 Love, Meaning, and God in the Later Films of Woody Allen (pages 504–519): Sander Lee
Chapter 25 Hollywood Rabbi (pages 520–538): Monica Osborne
Chapter 26 Allen's Random Universe in His European Cycle (pages 539–558): Richard A. Blake