{"id":35981,"date":"2019-02-13T16:18:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T21:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?post_type=profile&p=35981"},"modified":"2026-04-14T11:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:03:10","slug":"john-fawell","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/john-fawell\/","title":{"rendered":"John Fawell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n

19th-century European literature; film, particularly studio-era Hollywood<\/p>\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Books<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Charlie Chaplin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works<\/a>, <\/em>Rowman & Littlefield, 2023<\/p>\n

Ernst Lubitsch\u2019s Student Prince in Old Heidelberg: The Art of the Classical Hollywood Film<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Rowman & Littlefield, 2018<\/span><\/p>\n

The Essence of Chaplin: The Style, the Rhythm and the Grace of a Master<\/em><\/a>, McFarland Press, 2014.<\/p>\n

The Hidden Art of Hollywood: In Defense of the Studio Era Film<\/em><\/a>, Praeger Press, 2008.<\/p>\n

The Art of Sergio Leone\u2019s Once Upon a Time in the West: A Critical Appreciation<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>McFarland Press, 2005.<\/p>\n

Hitchcock\u2019 Rear Window: The Well-Made Film<\/em><\/a>, Southern Illinois University Press, 2001, (paperback version, 2004).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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DVD<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"\"<\/a>Feature Commentary,\u00a0<\/span>Universal Studios Legacy Edition<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>of Alfred Hitchcock\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Rear Window,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>2008 (re-released in\u00a0<\/span>Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection (Limited Edition)<\/em>, Blu-ray, 2012)
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Recent Articles<\/h4>\n
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\u201cA Universal Cinema: Against the Confusion of Chaplin\u2019s Politics with his Artistry,\u201d\u00a0Film International.\u00a017:3, 1 September 2019, pp. 92-102(11)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWhy the Neglect: Ernst Lubitsch\u2019s\u00a0The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg,\u201d featured article in\u00a0Film International\u00a0\u00a0internet site,\u00a0\u00a0July 16, 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollaborative Learning: a Few Reservations,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>North Dakota Quarterly,\u00a0<\/em>84:3-4, (Summer\/Fall 2017), 233-242<\/p>\n

\u201cExperiential Learning: a Few Reservations,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Academe,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>103:6, (November-December 2017): online only<\/p>\n

\u201cInterdisciplinary Practices: A Few Reservations,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Academic Questions<\/em>, 29:3, (Fall 2016): 303-311.<\/p>\n

\u201cRomanticism, Spirituality and the Modern University,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Midwest Quarterly<\/em>, 65:3 (Spring 2016): 222-41<\/p>\n

\u201cChaplin, Satirist,\u201d in\u00a0<\/span>La Figure de Charlot et ses avators<\/em>, eds. Morgane Jourdren and Pierre-Marie Loizeau, Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn Earthy Sacredness: Maupassant\u2019s and Van Gogh\u2019s Christian Materialism,\u201d in\u00a0<\/span>Dynamics of Desacralization: Disenchanted Literary Talents,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>ed. Paola Partenze. Goettingen Germany: V&I Press, 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cHardy, the Churchiest Atheist,\u201d in\u00a0<\/span>Poetry and Religion: Figures of the Sacred, eds. Ineke Bockting, Jennifer Kilgore-Caradec, Cathy Park.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Bern: Peter Lang Press, 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Magnificent Ambersons,\u201d in\u00a0<\/span>Il Cinema Americano Attreverso I Film<\/i>, ed. Leonardo Gandini. Rome: Carocci Press, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47171,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35981\/revisions\/47171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}