The Cinema of Wes Anderson: Bringing Nostalgia to Life (Hardcover)

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