Peter Babiak: 2 books
Garage Criticism
Cultural Missives in an Age of Distraction
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Montaigne Medal Finalist (Eric Hoffer Awards)
In Garage Criticism Peter Babiak eviscerates and deflates some of the cultural sacred cows of our time. From Fifty Shades of Grey (“Hot for Teacher: What Fifty Shades of Grey Taught Me About Salacious Grammar, Sexy Women and the Scandalous Conflation...
Shakespeare Films
A Re-evaluation of 100 Years of Adaptations
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This study reexamines the recognized “canon” of films based on Shakespeare’s plays, and argues that it should be broadened by breaking with two unnecessary standards: the characterization of the director as “auteur” of a play’s screen adaptation, and the convention of excluding films with...