Village Voice columnist Greg Tate offers essays and tales of American music and culture, from bebop to hip-hop. He examines music, books, newspaper reporting, and more to explore such issues as racism, poverty, sexism, homophobia, and political and...Lasīt vairāk
This book examines dramatic dialogue in English-language theatre, tracing verbal invention across four centuries from Shakespeare and Restoration comedy right up to contemporary English and American theatre. Published posthumously, this r...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores linguistic representations and cultural conceptualizations of the relationship between time and space in ancient China, as expressed by the YiChing. The YiChing, an ancient Chinese divination manual...Lasīt vairāk
In this significant contribution to aesthetic philosophy from one of the foremost writers on American poetry, Charles Altieri champions the neglected, non-cognitive, aspects of our encounters with works of art....Lasīt vairāk
A History of European Literature provides a comprehensive survey of European literature, designed to cater to teachers, undergraduate students of literature, and general readers with an interest in the subject. It fills a significant gap in material...Lasīt vairāk
Upon its release, John McTiernans Die Hard (1988) was met with immense commercial and critical success; breaking the 100 million mark at the box office in its first run, and resulting in four Academy Award nominations. Jon Lewiss study o...Lasīt vairāk
There are few features of the contemporary world more significant than national and regional borders. In modern Europe, the practices of human division have defined the continent from the early years of the Cold War to the present barriers of Fortre...Lasīt vairāk
This book offers a material ecocritical rereading of late-Victorian science fiction and its depiction of the dynamic, agential reality with which humankind is inescapably entangled-- Provided by publisher. Adrian Tait argues that late...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Oct-2025, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, ISBN-13: 9798765124185)
Through short essays, leading poetry critics and Bob Dylan experts analyze songs from a range of perspectives to illuminate the songs poetic and literary character.An innovative resource for Bob Dylan fans and scholars alike, these...Lasīt vairāk
From the acclaimed author of American Comics and Jewish Comedy comes a sweeping and entertaining narrative that details the rise and enduring grip of horror in American literature, cinema, and, ultimately, culture-from the taut, terrifying stories o...Lasīt vairāk
Joan Micklin Silvers groundbreaking debut feature film, Hester Street (1975), vividly portrays the immigrant experience through the eyes of Gitl (Carol Kane), a young, Orthodox Jewish woman who arrives in New York City from Eastern Europe at the end...Lasīt vairāk
Counterfeit Culture explores the possibility of writing epic in an age of alternative facts. It addresses the relationship between the American epic and postmodernism. This book is for graduates and researchers working on post World War II American...Lasīt vairāk
The book analyzes the evolution of antebellum literary explorations of sympathy and human contact in the 1850s and 1860s. It will appeal to undergraduates and scholars seeking new approaches to canonical American authors, psychological theorists of...Lasīt vairāk
Although the title makes it sound like a reference book, it is so much more than that The style of writing is engaging and informative The layout is attractive, with beautiful illustrations, photos, period paintings, quotes, and interes...Lasīt vairāk
Three decades of intellectual work on architectural theory and feminist discourse. Hilde Heynen is a Belgian architectural theorist whose work bridges neo-Marxist critical theory and current feminist discourse, applying these perspectives...Lasīt vairāk
This anthology offers the first systematic exploration of the 9.5mm amateur film culture, practice, and consumption, from its launch in 1922 to the present day. It breathes new life into our understanding of participatory media and its origins in...Lasīt vairāk
This anthology offers the first systematic exploration of the 9.5mm amateur film culture, practice, and consumption, from its launch in 1922 to the present day. The sixteen chapters in this volume bring fresh insight into early participatory media...Lasīt vairāk
Delve through a unique exploration of the philosophy underlying The Wheel of Time The Wheel of Time turns, and ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten Robert Jorda...Lasīt vairāk
Teaching John McGaherns The Dark provide an indispensable companion to the classic Irish novel. With an introduction aimed at first-time readers and four critical essays, this edition guides readers through the novels famously controversial history...Lasīt vairāk
Giving Voice to Exile in Literature aims to provide undergraduate, graduate and professional readers with a nuanced understanding of how the unique status of exile, issues of displacement, complexities of cultural identity formation, the st...Lasīt vairāk
