Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Wes Anderson as Auteur—a History
2. Wes Anderson: His Position in American Cinema and Culture
3. Gender, Youth, and the Explorartion of Masculinity in Bottle Rocket
4. “Sic Transit Gloria”: Transgressing the Boundaries of Adolescence in Rushmore
5. The Interplay of Narrative Text, Language, and Film: Literary Influence and Intertextuality in The Royal Tenenbaums
6. Opposition and Resolution: The Dissonance of Celebrity in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
7. Fragmentary Narratives/Incomplete Identities in The Darjeeling Limited
8. Adaptation and Homage: The World of Roald Dahl and Fantastic Mr. Fox
9. Reconstitution of the “Family” and Construction of Normalized Gender in Moonrise Kingdom
10. Literary Influence and Memory: Stefan Zweig and The Grand Budapest Hotel
11. Wes Anderson’s Short Films and Commercial Work
Conclusion: Memory and Narrative in the Works of Wes Anderson
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Whitney Crothers Dilley is professor of English at Shih Hsin University in Taipei, Taiwan, and has published five books on film and literature, including The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen (2007).

Reviews

Here one finds many Andersons: Anderson the miniaturist, Anderson the skilled director of advertisements, and most impressive, Anderson the autodidactic dreamer.
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