BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CREDITS; 1 THE ROMANTIC COMEDY: An introduction; 2 THE HEROINE OF THE ROMANTIC COMEDY; 3 THE HERO OF THE ROMANTIC COMEDY; 4 THE COMEDY OF ROMANCE; 5 THE BRITISH ROMANTIC COMEDY; 6 THE STARS OF THE ROMANTIC COMEDY; 7 HAPPILY EVER AFTER?; APPENDIX; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
Examines the history of the genre of romantic comedy, considering the social and cultural context for key developments in the genre cycles
