Pursuits of Happiness

The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage

Stanley Cavell

    Introduction: Words for a Conversation

    1. Cons and Pros
    The Lady Eve

    2. Knowledge as Transgression
    It Happened One Night

    3. Leopards in Connecticut
    Bringing up Baby

    4. The Importance of Importance
    The Philadelphia Story

    5. Counterfeiting Happiness
    His Girl Friday

    6. The Courting of Marriage
    Adam's Rib

    7. The Same and Different
    The Awful Truth

    Appendix: Film in the University

    Acknowledgments

    Index

  • Cover: Pursuits of Happiness
  • A photo of the author

Stanley Cavell is Walter M. Cabot Professor, Emeritus, of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Harvard University.