Constructing the Coens : from Blood simple to Inside Llewyn Davis /
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- "It's a problem of 'perception'": identifying the Coens' constructivist sensibility
- "You don't want to be tried and found wantin'": triggering the ongoing adaptation of the the Ladykillers
- "I will destroy him": negotiating the image in Barton Fink and Raising Arizona
- That gag's got whiskers on it: achieving narrative coherence in the Hudsucker proxy and The man who wasn't there
- "The coin don't have no say": examining intertextuality in the Hudsucker proxy, Intolerable cruelty, and No country for old men
- "A lotta ins, a lotta outs": interweaving genres in the Big Lebowski and O brother, where art thou?
- "Appearances can be deceptive" : investigating sexuality in O brother, where art thou?, Intolerable cruelty, and Burn after reading
- "I haven't done anything funny": scrutinizing gender in the Coens' arrangements of a bunch of men around one woman
- "Accept the mystery": resisting final construction and A serious man
- Conclusion.