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Engaging characters

Paperback • 1995 • English

Engaging characters: Fiction, Emotion, and the Cinema

By Murray Smith

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About the book

Thrillers, weepies, horror movies, and melodramas evoke characteristic kinds of emotional response, yet emotion is not much examined by film or literary theory. Engaging Characters discusses emotio...

Film history, theory or criticism

Film: styles and genres

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