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Stanley Cavell (1926–2018) was Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus, at Harvard University. His numerous books include The Claim of Reason, Cities of Words, and Philosophy the Day after Tomorrow.The great achievement of…<i>Pursuits of Happiness</i> is that it finally provides a solid framework for the serious discussion of the great dialogue comedies of the thirties and forties, perhaps the most revived and loved movies of Hollywood’s golden period.
- Al LaValley, American Film
This just must be, in its close readings and its stunning associations, one of the most compelling accounts of its kind. The fact is, it just <i>is</i> its kind.
- Geoffrey Hawthorn, London Review of Books
This is a voice like no other in philosophy, today or ever.
- Arthur C. Danto, October
No book about the art of Hollywood I have ever read can make its readers stop and think more effectively than this one.
- S. S. Prawer, Times Literary Supplement
Stanley Cavell’s book succeeds brilliantly… The individual ‘readings’ of the films and the general conceptual plan in which they are embedded are both so rich and rewarding that…‘brilliant’…seems an understatement.
- Gerald Mast, Journal of Aesthetic Education