Eighteen Woody Allen Films Analyzed: Anguish, God and Existentialism

by Sander H. Lee

Book Overview

This new textbook is an abridgment of the author's earlier Woody Allen's Angst: Philosophical Commentaries on His Serious Films (McFarland, 1997; "invaluable"--Choice.)

Five main topics are explored: the desire of many of his characters to ground their lives in traditional ethical values despite their realization that such values may no longer be certain; the opposition between pessimism and optimism throughout his films;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786413190
• ISBN13: 9780786413195
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher