{"product_id":"the-ethics-of-ernst-lubitsch-comedy-without-relief-hardcover","title":"The Ethics of Ernst Lubitsch: Comedy Without Relief - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregor Moder\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIvana Novak\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMladen Dolar\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst the idea that comedy offers us a relief from the horrors of the real world, the German-Jewish-American filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch defended his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eTo Be or Not to Be\u003c\/i\u003e, a comedy from 1942 about the concurrent Nazi occupation of Poland, with the claim that he had made up his mind \"to make a picture with no attempt to relieve anybody from anything at any time.\" The essays included in \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Ernst Lubitsch\u003c\/i\u003e consider Lubitsch's work from his early Berlin years to his Hollywood fame, emphasizing the idea of 'comedy without relief' as the fundamental ethical premise of his special cinematic 'touch.' In this edited collection, contributors take a closer look at how Lubitsch addresses delicate and controversial topics like sexuality, love, and revolution, and set out a picture of an engaged ethics without moralism. \u003ci\u003eThe Ethics of Ernst Lubitsch\u003c\/i\u003e is a vital contribution to film scholarship and a tribute to an essential filmmaker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIvana Novak\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator of the film programme at the Slovenian national television (RTV Slovenija). She is a film critic and theoretician, a musician and a PhD candidate at the University of Ljubljana. Her main topics of research are humour and comedy, classical American and European cinema and television series. She has co-edited several books: Lubitsch Can't Wait (2014), Stanley Cavell: Refleksija filma (2015), and Do zadnjega smeha: Preston Sturges (2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregor Moder\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior research associate in the Department of Philosophy, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eComic Love: Shakespeare, Hegel, Lacan\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eHegel and Spinoza: Substance and Negativity\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and he coedited \u003ci\u003eThe Object of Comedy: Philosophies and Performances\u003c\/i\u003e (2020). He is currently the principal investigator in a research project on the \"Theatricality of Power.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52711143768371,"sku":"9781538146163","price":187.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/tQM1TE8wmm9781538146163.webp?v=1763510224","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-ethics-of-ernst-lubitsch-comedy-without-relief-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}