Improving Passions: Sentimental Aesthetics and American Film

Examining Eighteenth Century 'moral Sense' Philosophy As A Neglected But Important Intellectual Area For Film Theory, Improving Passions Is An Innovative Exploration Of The Sentimental Tradition As Both Theatrical Genre And Cultural Logic. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Towards A Genealogy Of Sentimentalism In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries -- 2. Sentimental Aesthetics And Classical Film Theory -- 3. The Sentimental Chaplin: Comedy And Classical Narrative -- 4. Affect, Or Postmodern Sentimentalism -- 5. The Sentiments Of War In Spielberg And Tarantino -- 6. Sentiment And The ‘smart’ Melodrama -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Charles Burnetts. Title From Publisher's Bibliographic System (viewed On 05 Jan 2018). Includes Bibliographical References And Index.