Lexicon of Global Melodrama

Heike Paul (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1968, ist Lehrstuhlinhaberin für Amerikanistik an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Forschungsaufenthalte und Gastprofessuren führten sie nach Cambridge (MA), Los Angeles (CA) und Hanover (NH). Sie ist u.a. Sprecherin des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs »Das Sentimentale in Literatur, Kultur und Politik« und erhielt 2018 den Leibniz-Preis.Katharina Gerund (Dr. phil.) ist Amerikanistin an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind transatlantischer Kulturaustausch und kulturelle Mobilität, US-amerikanische Populärkultur sowie afroamerikanische Geschichte, Literatur und Kultur.

»Ein beeindruckendes Lexikon.«

• Introduction; A Drunkard's Reformation (1909); Tom Gunning; Blind Husbands (1919); Applause (1929); Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora, 1929); The Blue Angel (Der blaue Engel, 1930); Ganga Bruta (1933); Masquerade in Vienna (Maskerade, 1934); Modern Times (1936); Bewitching Kisses (Besos brujos, 1937); Heimat (1938); Gone with the Wind (1939); Casablanca (1942); Mashenka (Машенька, 1942); Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du paradis, 1945); Nosotros los pobres (1948); Chains (Catene, 1949); Tokyo Story (東京物語, Tōkyō Monogatari, 1953); House of Ricordi (Casa Ricordi, 1954); The Night of the Hunter (1955); All that Heaven Allows (1955); The Word (Ordet, 1955); Violent Playground (1958); Hiroshima mon amour (1959); Imitation of Life (1959); Oyster Girl (蚵女,Ke nü, 1963); A Patch of Blue (1965); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); Dark of the Sun (1968); Love Story (1970); The Legend of the Red Lantern (红灯记, Hongdeng ji, 1970); Ariana (אריאנה, 1971); Insiang (1976); Amar Akbar Anthony (1977); The Smoking Fish (El pez que fuma, 1977); An Unmarried Woman (1978); The Marriage of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun, 1979); Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin, 1979); Babylon (1980); Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press (Dorian Gray im Spiegel der Boulevardpresse, 1984); The Official Story (La historia oficial, 1985); Where Is the Friend's House? (Khane-ye doust kodjast, 1987); Little Vera (Маленькая Вера, Malen'kaia Vera, 1988); The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988); Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, 1988); Coming Out (1989); Living in Bondage, Part I (1992) and II (1993); Farewell My Concubine (霸王別姬, Bawang bie ji, 1993); The Piano (1993); In the Heat of the Sun (陽光燦爛的日子, Yángguāng Cánlán De Rìzi, 1994); Bombay (1995); The Bridges of Madison County (1995); Kikujiro (菊次郎の夏, Kikujirō no natsu, 1999); Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brûlantes, 2000); Erin Brockovich (2000); In the Mood for Love (花樣年華, Fa yeung nin wa, 2000); Moulin Rouge! (2001); Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, 2001); Devdas ( 2002); Destiny Has No Favorites (El destino no tiene favoritos, 2003); Monsieur Ibrahim (Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran, 2003); Osuofia in London, Part I (2003) and II (2004); Brokeback Mountain (2005); Rang De Basanti ( 2006); The Yacoubian Building ('Imārat Ya'qūbīān, 2006); Lust, Caution (色, 戒, Sè, Jiè, 2007); Shanghai Baby (2007); Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula, 2007); The Blind Side (2009); Invictus (2009); The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos, 2009); Jaffa ( כלת הים , Kalat Hayam, 2009); Pumzi (2009); Anchor Baby (2010); Even the Rain (También la Iluvia, 2010); Melancholia (2011); Laurence Anyways (2012); The Cut (2014); The Theory of Everything (2014); Eye in the Sky (2015); Masaan (2015); The Salesman (Forushandeh, 2016); Jackie (2016); The Nest of the Turtledove (Гніздо горлиці, Hnizdo horlytsi, 2016); Cold War (Zimna wojna, 2018); Mirja Lecke; Elevator Baby (2019); The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (A vida invisível, 2019); Joker (2019); Hamilton (2020); No Hard Feelings/FUTUR DREI (2020); Suggestions for Further Reading; Contributors.