Garrett Stewart: 7 books

Book cover of The Deed of Reading

The Deed of Reading

Literature * Writing * Language * Philosophy

by Garrett Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015

Garrett Stewart begins The Deed of Reading with a memory of his first hesitant confrontation, as a teenager, with poetic density. In that early verbal challenge he finds one driving force of literature: to make language young again in its surprise, coming alive in each new event of reading. But what...
Book cover of Transmedium

Transmedium

Conceptualism 2.0 and the New Object Art

by Garrett Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018

If you attend a contemporary art exhibition today, you’re unlikely to see much traditional painting or sculpture. Indeed, artists today are preoccupied with what happens when you leave behind assumptions about particular media—such as painting, or woodcuts—and instead focus on collisions between...
Book cover of Closed Circuits

Closed Circuits

Screening Narrative Surveillance

by Garrett Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015

The recent uproar over NSA dataveillance can obscure the fact that surveillance has been part of our lives for decades. And cinema has long been aware of its power—and potential for abuse. In Closed Circuits, Garrett Stewart analyzes a broad spectrum of films, from M and Rear Window through...
Book cover of The Value of Style in Fiction
by Garrett Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018

This is the first book to demonstrate the value of prose analysis - both appreciative and interpretive in its 'evaluations' - across dozens of authors, including Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Don DeLillo, and Toni Morrison. The Value of Style in Fiction is designed not just for students and scholars...
Book cover of The Philosophy of War Films
by David LaRocca, Fredric Jameson, Garrett Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014

Wars have played a momentous role in shaping the course of human history. The ever-present specter of conflict has made it an enduring topic of interest in popular culture, and many movies, from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, have sought to show the complexities and horrors of war on-screen. In...
Book cover of The Great Tome of Forgotten Relics and Artifacts
by Douglas J. Ogurek, James S. Dorr, Jon Etter
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

The Great Tome of Forgotten Relics and Artifacts, volume one of The Great Tome Series, presents fifteen tales of cursed relics, ancient artifacts, magical items, and alien devices. In this volume: The Candle Room by James S. Dorr The Heart of Irelda by Jeff Sullins Her Long...
Book cover of The Civil War in Georgia

The Civil War in Georgia

A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion

by Albert Churella, Barton A. Myers, Brad Wood
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...
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