Incurably Romantic?

A Genealogy of the Romance Genre

from the 18 th Century Seduction Novel to the “Twilight” Saga

Course instructor: PD Dr. Stefan Brandt Winter Term 2010/11

Selected Bibliography

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Selected Filmography

Gone with the Wind. Produced by David O. Selznick; directed by Victor Fleming; Screenplay by Sidney Howard, based on a book by Margaret Mitchell. Cast: Thomas Mitchell ( Gerald O’Hara ), Barbara O’Neil ( Ellen O’Hara ), Vivien Leigh ( Scarlett ), Evelyn Keyes ( Suellen ), Ann Rutherford (Carreen ). Selznick International Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939. New Moon. Produced by Wyck Godfrey; directed by Chris Weitz; Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on a book by Stephenie Meyer. Cast: Kristen Stewart ( Bella Swan ), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen ), Billy Burke ( Charlie Swan ), Taylor Lautner ( Jacob Black ), Anna Kendrick ( Jessica Stanley ). Imprint Entertainment et al, 2009.

Pretty Woman. Produced by Arnon Milchan, and Steven Reuther; directed by Garry Marshall; written by J. F. Lawton. Cast: Richard Gere ( Edward Lewis ), Julia Roberts ( Vivian Ward ), Ralph Bellamy ( James Morse ), Jason Alexander ( Philip Stuckey ), Laura San Giacomo ( Kit De Luca ). Touchstone Pictures, and Silver Screen Partners IV, 1990. Suspicion. Produced by Harry E. Edington; directed by Alfred Hitchcock; Screenplay by Samson Raphaelson, Joan Harrison, and Alma Reville, based on the novel “Before the Fact” by Anthony Berkeley. Cast: Cary Grant ( Johnnie ), Joan Fontaine ( Lina ), Cedric Hardwicke ( General McLaidlaw ), Nigel Bruce ( Beaky ), Heather Angel ( Ethel ). RKO Radio Pictures, 1941. Titanic. Produced by James Cameron, and Jon Landau; directed by James Cameron; written by James Cameron. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio ( Jack Dawson ), Kate Winslet ( Rose DeWitt Bukater ), Billy Zane ( Caledon Hockley ), Kathy Bates ( Molly Brown ), Gloria Stuart ( Old Rose ). Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, and Lightstorm Entertainment, 1997.

Twilight. Produced by Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian, and Mark Morgan; directed by Catherine Hardwicke; Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, based on a book by Stephenie Meyer. Cast: Kristen Stewart ( Bella Swan ), Robert Pattinson ( Edward Cullen ), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan ), Taylor Lautner ( Jacob Black ), Anna Kendrick ( Jessica Stanley ). Imprint Entertainment et al, 2008.