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by Jon D. Swartz, Robert C. Reinehr
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
The term Old Time Radio refers to the relatively brief period from 1926, when the National Broadcasting Company first began network broadcasting, until approximately 1960, when television became the dominant communication medium in the United States. During this time, radio was as popular and ubiquitous...
The Jarmusch Way
Spirituality and Imagination in Dead Man, Ghost Dog, and The Limits of Control
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Since the early 1980s, Jim Jarmusch has produced a handful of idiosyncratic films that have established him as one of the most imaginatively allusive directors in the history of American cinema. Three of his films—Dead Man (1995), Ghost Dog (1999), and The Limits of Control (2009)*—*demonstrate...
David Lynch
Beautiful Dark
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008
For nearly 40 years, David Lynch's works have enthralled, mystified, and provoked viewers. Lynch's films delve into the subjective consciousness of his characters to reveal both the depraved darkness and luminous spirituality of human nature. From his experimental shorts of the 1960s to feature films...
by Dabney Townsend
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Aesthetics is not a 'factual' discipline; there are no aesthetic facts. The word itself is derived from the Greek word for 'feeling' and the discipline arises because of the need to find a place for the passions within epistemology_the branch of philosophy that investigates our beliefs. Aesthetics...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2008
Since the 1960s, British multi-media artist Peter Greenaway has shocked and intrigued audiences with his avant-garde approach to filmmaking and other artistic ventures. From early experimental films to provocative features, Greenaway has deployed strategies associated with structuralist cinema, only...
by Boris Goldovsky, Arthur Schoep
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1990
New in Paperback! This book supplies a soprano with nearly everything she may need to perform the operatic arias discussed. The 28 arias included are chosen from among those that are more popular and most widely studied and performed.
There are descriptions of stage settings, with costume sketches...
The San Francisco of Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
Place, Pilgrimage, and Commemoration
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
In Sight and Sound magazine's 2012 poll of the greatest films of all time, Vertigo placed at the top of the list, supplanting Citizen Kane. A favorite among critics, it also made the American Film Institute's 100 Years, 100 Movies where it ranked in the top 10. Often regarded as Hitchcock's most personal...
Sherlock Holmes on the Stage
A Chronological Encyclopedia of Plays Featuring the Great Detective
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
One of the world's most well known fictional characters, Sherlock Holmes first appeared in print in 1887. The detective was featured in four novels and 56 short stories written by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Within a decade of his creation Sherlock Holmes made his theatrical debut, first...
Korean P'ansori Singing Tradition
Development, Authenticity, and Performance History
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
In 2003, the Korean singing tradition of p’ansori joined the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, a distinctive honor bestowed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. P’ansori is a music genre—an oral tradition comprisingi arias...
Yiddish Given Names
A Lexicon
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2008
This important volume in onomastics, the study of names, presents a listing of Yiddish first names in the modern period: 1750 to the present day. Yiddish Given Names: A Lexicon resumes, collects, documents, and corrects the available body of research on Yiddish given names. It aims to establish the...
Franz Waxman's Rebecca
A Film Score Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Upon his arrival in Hollywood, Alfred Hitchcock began work on his first American film, an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s best-selling novel. Produced by David O. Selznick and featuring compelling performances by Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, and Judith Anderson, Rebecca became one of Hitchcock’s...
Living History Museums
Undoing History through Performance
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Living history museums are cultural institutions that merge historical exhibits with live costumed performance. While unique and vitally important, they often compromise historical accuracy and authenticity for the sake of tourism and entertainment value. Many also pursue methods of performance and...
Science Fair Projects for Elementary Schools
Step by Step
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 1998
Science Fair Projects for Elementary Schools offers step-by-step instructions for a hands-on learning experience for children in grades 2-5 who are doing science fair projects. Curiosity Bug, a friendly companion, guides the student through every step of a science fair project: finding and researching...
by Miranda Schreurs, Elim Papadakis
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Human beings have been concerned about nature and their place in it for millennia. Disquiet about the consequences of human action on the natural environment date back to the ancient Greeks and Romans. The efforts of the green movement can be traced back to the nineteenth century. In this period,...