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David Bordwell reveals how crime fiction, plays, and films made unconventional narrative mainstream. A sweeping, kaleidoscopic account written in a lively, conversational style, Perplexing Plots offers an ambitious new understanding of how popular culture has evolved over the past century.

American literature --- Detective and mystery stories --- Detective and mystery stories, American --- Motion picture authorship. --- Motion picture plays --- Narration (Rhetoric) --- Popular culture --- LITERARY CRITICISM / Mystery & Detective. --- History and criticism. --- Authorship. --- Technique. --- History --- Rhetoric --- Discourse analysis, Narrative --- Narratees (Rhetoric) --- Motion picture authorship --- Film authorship --- Film-making (Motion pictures) --- Film scriptwriting --- Filmmaking (Motion pictures) --- Motion picture scriptwriting --- Motion picture writing --- Motion pictures --- Movie-making --- Moviemaking --- Moving-picture authorship --- Screen writing --- Screenplay writing --- Screenwriting --- Scriptwriting, Film --- Scriptwriting, Motion picture --- Authorship --- Screenwriters --- Play-writing --- United States --- Civilization

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This book provides an overview of the growing field of screenwriting research and is essential reading for both those new to the field and established screenwriting scholars. It covers topics and concepts central to the study of screenwriting and the screenplay in relation to film, television, web series, animation, games and other interactive media, and includes a range of approaches, from theoretical perspectives to in-depth case studies. 44 scholars from around the globe demonstrate the range and depths of this new and expanding area of study. As the chapters of this Handbook demonstrate, shifting the focus from the finished film to the process of screenwriting and the text of the screenplay facilitates valuable new insights. This Handbook is the first of its kind, an indispensable compendium for both academics and practitioners. Rosamund Davies has a background of professional practice in the screen industries and is Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, UK. Paolo Russo is Senior Lecturer in Film at Oxford Brookes University, UK, and a former Chairperson of the Screenwriting Research Network. He is also a professional screenwriter. Claus Tieber teaches Film Studies at universities in Vienna, Brno, Kiel, and Salamanca and is a former Chairperson of the Screenwriting Research Network.

Motion picture authorship. --- Motion picture industry. --- Television broadcasting. --- Motion pictures. --- Screenwriting. --- Film and Television Industry. --- Film Theory. --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Telecasting --- Television --- Television industry --- Broadcasting --- Film industry (Motion pictures) --- Moving-picture industry --- Cultural industries --- Film authorship --- Film-making (Motion pictures) --- Film scriptwriting --- Filmmaking (Motion pictures) --- Motion picture plays --- Motion picture scriptwriting --- Motion picture writing --- Motion pictures --- Movie-making --- Moviemaking --- Moving-picture authorship --- Screen writing --- Screenplay writing --- Screenwriting --- Scriptwriting, Film --- Scriptwriting, Motion picture --- Authorship --- Screenwriters --- History and criticism --- Play-writing