جزییات کتاب
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 dateIlluminates the films of Woody Allen from a number of divergent critical perspectivesExplores the contexts in which his work should be understoodAssesses Allen’s remarkable filmmaking career from its early beginnings and investigates the conflicts and contradictions that suffuse itDiscusses Allen’s recognition as a global cinematic figureContent: Chapter 1 The Stand?up Auteur (pages 13–34): Cecilia SayadChapter 2 Which Woody Allen? (pages 35–52): Colleen GlennChapter 3 Woody Allen and France (pages 53–72): Gilles MenegaldoChapter 4 “Raging in the Dark” (pages 73–94): Christopher J. KnightChapter 5 A Difficult Redemption (pages 95–115): John Douglas MacreadyChapter 6 Comic Faith and Its Discontents (pages 116–144): Robert M. PolhemusChapter 7 Critical Theory and the Cinematic World of Woody Allen (pages 145–169): Stephen PapsonChapter 8 Crimes and Misdemeanors (pages 170–187): Gregg BachmanChapter 9 Play it Again, Woody (pages 188–206): Claire Sisco KingChapter 10 Jazz Heaven (pages 207–226): Christopher AmesChapter 11 “Here…It's Not Their Cup of Tea” (pages 227–256): Cynthia LuciaChapter 12 “It's Complicated, Really” (pages 257–276): Joanna E. RapfChapter 13 Woody Allen's Grand Scheme (pages 277–293): Renee R. CurryChapter 14 Love and Citation in Midnight in Paris (pages 294–318): Katherine FuscoChapter 15 Taking the Tortoise for a Walk (pages 319–338): William BrighamChapter 16 Lurking in Shadows (pages 339–358): Iris BruceChapter 17 Woody Allen and the Literary Canon (pages 359–380): William HutchingsChapter 18 “Who's He When He's at Home?” (pages 381–402): J. Andrew GothardChapter 19 The Schlemiel in Woody Allen's Later Films (pages 403–423): Menachem FeuerChapter 20 Barcelona (pages 424–440): Brian Bergen?AurandChapter 21 Woody Allen and the (False) Dichotomy of Science and Religion (pages 441–459): Mark T. ConardChapter 22 The Philosopher as Filmmaker (pages 460–480): David DetmerChapter 23 Disappearing Act (pages 481–503): Patrick Murray and Jeanne A. SchulerChapter 24 Love, Meaning, and God in the Later Films of Woody Allen (pages 504–519): Sander LeeChapter 25 Hollywood Rabbi (pages 520–538): Monica OsborneChapter 26 Allen's Random Universe in His European Cycle (pages 539–558): Richard A. Blake