Constructing the Coens : from Blood simple to Inside Llewyn Davis /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Redmon, Allen, 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Subjects:
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.