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This book examines the many reincarnations of Carroll's texts,
illuminating how the meaning of the original books has been
re-negotiated through adaptations, appropriations, and
transmediality. The volume is an edited collection of eighteen
essays and is divided into three sections that examine the
re-interpretations of Alice in Wonderland and Through the
Looking-Glass in literature, film, and other media (including the
branches of commerce, music videos, videogames, and madness
studies). This collection is an addition to the existing work on
Alice in Wonderland and its sequels, adaptations, and
appropriations, and helps readers to have a more comprehensive view
of the extent to which the Alice story world is vast and always
growing.
A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg offers a comprehensive,
detailed study of the works of Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's early
productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema, and his
involvement with film spans all cinematic genres. Today, Spielberg
enjoys an immense and enduring popularity around the globe, and his
productions have attracted (and continue to attract) both public
and critical attention. This book investigates several distinct
areas of Spielberg's works and addresses the different approaches
and the range of topics invited by the multidimensionality of his
oeuvre. The eighteen chapters in this book use different
methodologies, offering a variegated and compelling picture of
Spielberg's films, from his earliest works such as Duel (1971) and
The Sugarland Express (1974) to his most recent productions, such
as The BFG (2016), The Post (2017), and Ready Player One (2018).
This edited collection offers an interdisciplinary study of Twin
Peaks: The Return, the third season of a TV program that has
attracted the attention (and appreciation) of spectators, fans, and
critics for over two decades. The book takes readers into several
distinct areas and addresses the different approaches and the range
of topics invited by the multidimensionality of the subject itself:
the philosophical, the artistic, the socio-cultural, and the
personal. The eighteen chapters constituting the volume are
academic in their approach to the subject and in their methodology,
whether they apply a historical, psychoanalytical, film studies, or
gender studies perspective to the text under examination. The
variety and range of perspectives in these aforementioned chapters
reflect the belief that a study of the full complexity of Twin
Peaks: The Return, as well as a timely assessment of the critical
importance of the program, requires both an interdisciplinary
perspective and the fusion of different intellectual approaches
across genres. The chapters demonstrate a collective awareness of
the TV series as a fundamental milestone in contemporary culture.
This book offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of
the works of James Cameron, whose films include successful
productions such as the first two Terminator films (1984-91),
Aliens (1986), Titanic (1997), and Avatar (2009), but also lesser
known films such as Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981), The Abyss
(1989), and True Lies (1994), and a series of documentaries on the
depths of the ocean or on the tomb of Christ. Cameron's major
productions have an immense and enduring popularity throughout the
globe and have attracted both public and critical attention. This
volume investigates several distinct areas of Cameron's works and
addresses the different approaches and topics invited by the
multidimensionality of the subject itself: the philosophical, the
artistic, the socio-cultural and the personal. The methodologies
adopted by the contributors differ significantly from each other,
thus offering the reader a variegated and compelling picture of
Cameron's oeuvre. Contrary to the numerous volumes published in the
past on the subject, each chapter offers specific case studies that
have been previously ignored, or only partially mentioned, by other
scholars.
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Arthur Machen - Critical Essays (Paperback)
Antonio Sanna; Contributions by Amanda M. Caleb, Francesco Corigliano, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Emiliano Aguilar, …
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Arthur Machen: Critical Essays offers a study of the works by
Arthur Machen (1863-1947), the Welsh writer who has attracted a
cult following for decades, especially among fans and scholars of
weird fiction and Gothic studies. These essays take readers into
different areas and address several topics in Machen's literary
production: the literary, the artistic, the scientific, the
religious, the socio-cultural, and the personal. The twelve
chapters constituting the volume examine the representation of
human beings in the writer's works and their relationship with the
surrounding environment, whether it is the omnipresent London or
the mysterious, menacing nature. The contributors also interpret
Machen's writings through a series of disciplines and academic
theories that were contemporary to the writer (such as paleontology
and medicine) and demonstrate how he was influenced by the
scientific discourses of his time and reproduced them in his works.
The last section of the volume considers Machen's interest in the
occult and mysticism and the religious themes present in many of
his works.
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Arthur Machen - Critical Essays (Hardcover)
Antonio Sanna; Contributions by Amanda M. Caleb, Francesco Corigliano, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Emiliano Aguilar, …
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Arthur Machen: Critical Essays offers a study of the works by
Arthur Machen (1863-1947), the Welsh writer who has attracted a
cult following for decades, especially among fans and scholars of
weird fiction and Gothic studies. These essays take readers into
different areas and address several topics in Machen's literary
production: the literary, the artistic, the scientific, the
religious, the socio-cultural, and the personal. The twelve
chapters constituting the volume examine the representation of
human beings in the writer's works and their relationship with the
surrounding environment, whether it is the omnipresent London or
the mysterious, menacing nature. The contributors also interpret
Machen's writings through a series of disciplines and academic
theories that were contemporary to the writer (such as paleontology
and medicine) and demonstrate how he was influenced by the
scientific discourses of his time and reproduced them in his works.
The last section of the volume considers Machen's interest in the
occult and mysticism and the religious themes present in many of
his works.
A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis offers a comprehensive,
academic and detailed study of the works of Robert Zemeckis, whose
films include successful productions such as the Back to the Future
trilogy (1985-90), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away
(2000) and The Polar Express (2004), but also lesser known films
such as I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Used Cars (1980), and Allied
(2015). Most of Zemeckis' major productions were not only
successful when they were first released but continue to enjoy
popularity-with critics and fans alike-even today. This volume
investigates several distinct areas of Zemeckis' works and
addresses the different approaches: the philosophical, the
artistic, the socio-cultural, and the personal. The methodologies
adopted by the contributors differ significantly from each other,
thus offering the reader a variegated and compelling picture of
Zemeckis' oeuvre, which includes nineteen films. Contrary to the
few volumes published in the past on the subject, the chapters in
this volume offer specific case studies that have been previously
ignored (or only partially mentioned) by other scholars. A Critical
Companion to Robert Zemeckis offers a great variety of
interdisciplinary approaches to Zemeckis' films, illuminating,
re-reading and/or interpreting for the first time the entire career
of the director, from his first films to the most recent ones.
Unlike anything currently available, A Critical Companion to Tim
Burton is a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of
one of the world's most renowned directors and artists. Written by
some of the top scholars working in fields as diverse as
philosophy, film and media studies, and literature, all chapters of
this book illuminate for both scholars and fans alike the entire
artistic career of Burton, giving attention to both his early works
and his global blockbusters.
This book offers a comprehensive, detailed study of the works of
Steven Spielberg, whose numerous and heterogeneous films include
extremely successful productions such as Jaws (1975), Close
Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T. the Extraterrestrial
(1982), the Indiana Jones saga (1981-2008), Jurassic Park (1993),
Schindler's List (1993), and Saving Private Ryan (1999), as well as
less-known films such as 1941 (1979), Always (1989), War Horse
(2011), and The Adventures of Tintin (2011). Spielberg's early
productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema and his
involvement with film has been spanning all cinematic genres. Today
Spielberg enjoys an immense and enduring popularity around the
globe and his productions have attracted (and continue to attract)
both public and critical attention. This volume investigates
several distinct areas of Spielberg's works and addresses the
different approaches and the range of topics invited by the
multidimensionality of his oeuvre. The eighteen chapters use
different methodologies, offering a variegated and compelling
picture of Spielberg's films, from his earliest works, such as Duel
(1971) and The Sugarland Express (1974), to his most recent
productions, such as The BFG (2016), The Post (2017), and Ready
Player One (2018).
This collection of new essays covers the myriad portrayals of the
figure of the pirate in historical records, literary narratives,
films, television series, opera, anime and games. Contributors
explore the nuances of both real and fictional pirates, giving
attention to renowned works such as Robert Louis Stevenson's
Treasure Island, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, the Pirates of the
Caribbean saga, and the anime One Piece, as well as less well known
works such as pirate romances, William Clarke Russell's The Frozen
Pirate, Lionel Lindsay's artworks, Steven Speilberg's The
Adventures of Tintin, and Pastafarian texts.
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