Handbook of American Film Genres

by Wes D. Gehring

More genres, 19 in fact, are discussed than in other standard works. The 14 genres considered here by film scholar contributors other than Gehring include the adventure film, the western, the gangster film, film noir, the WW II combat film, the horror film, science fiction, fantasy, the musical, melodrama, the social problem film, the biographical film, and the art film. The discussion of fine comedy genres by Gehring himself is far more extensive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313247153
• ISBN13: 9780313247156
• Release Date: June 1988
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 417 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.6"