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**• A New York Times Summer Reading List selection • A Publishers Weekly Best Summer Book of 2015 *•*A Business Insider Best Summer Read • An Esquire Father’s Day Book selection • A New York Observe……続きを見る

"Jon Macks is one of the greatest comedy writers of all time."ーChris Rock A hilarious, revealing look behind the history and culture of American late-night TV, by a longtime comedy writer for The T……続きを見る

Stephen Mulhall presents the first full-length philosophical study of the work of Stanley Cavell, best known for his highly influential contributions to the fields of film studies, Shakespearian lit……続きを見る

Ez a verses könyv rövidesen kapható lesz angolul is. Két vers kivételével az összes vers magyarul lett írva először és utána Mose Akiva angolra fordította őket. A versek ebben a könyvben szinte mind……続きを見る

Who has time to waste on a bad movie? In this quick and informative guide, critic Chris Barsanti ("Filmology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know") runs down the 25 movies from 2013 y……続きを見る

Have you ever wanted to convey unique and heartfelt birthday wishes to someone special in your life, but have had trouble finding perfect thing to say? You could go to the local card shop and purcha……続きを見る

This book explores the ways that pre-existing ‘national’ works or ‘national theatre’ sites can offer a rich source of material for speaking to the contemporary moment because of the resonances or as……続きを見る

Everyone on deck! All hands on deck! Fire! Fire! Bring the hose quick! As the steamship lurched in the heavy seas, Harry Braham grabbed what clothes he could and struggled with the other terrified p……続きを見る

Much controversy surrounds Schenker's mature theory and its attempt to explain musical pitch motion. Becoming Heinrich Schenker brings a new perspective to Schenker's theoretical work, showing that ……続きを見る

This book concerns the life and theatrical career of the great native-born English composer and musician of the eighteenth century, Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778). Its purpose is three-fold. Firs……続きを見る

Der bekannteste Musikkritiker unserer Zeit über einen der größten Komponisten Richard Wagner, dem Titanen der Opernkunst, gilt Joachim Kaisers besondere Vorliebe. Der bekannte und beliebte Musik- un……続きを見る

Seit ihrer (Wieder-)Entdeckung in der Frühen Neuzeit gibt es ein wiederkehrendes Urteil über die Zentralperspektive: Sie ist ein Herrschaftsinstrument zur Unterwerfung der Umwelt von einem einzigen ……続きを見る

Die Weitung des Mundes markiert den Menschen grundlegend als aisthetisches Wesen. Daher ist es kaum verwunderlich, dass der offene Mund die Kultur- und Kunstgeschichte von der antiken Maske bis zur ……続きを見る

Die Sehnsucht des Theaters gilt der Darstellung des Menschen. Diese Sehnsucht hat die Postdramatik, so ihr profiliertester Kritiker Bernd Stegemann, zu Unrecht in Zweifel gezogen. Die Tradition von ……続きを見る

Endlich erscheint jene Schrift im Druck, mit der Adolf Dresen, der eminente Regisseur, 1976 nach langem Anlauf Karl Marx' Kapitalismus-Theorie einer grundlegenden Analyse unterzog; mit Anklang an ei……続きを見る

DWas ist das Politische des Theaters? Hans-Thies Lehmann hat in "Das Politische Schreiben" eine klare Antwort formuliert: "Erstens: Das Politische kann im Theater nur indirekt erscheinen, in einem s……続きを見る

Ernst Schumacher, einer der letzten großen Theaterkritiker seiner Generation, Brechtforscher und Hochschullehrer aus Leidenschaft, verstarb im Sommer 2012 im Alter von neunzig Jahren. Das Buch versa……続きを見る

Joachim Fiebach, geboren 1934 in Berlin, ist einer der vielseitigsten, produktivsten und wirkungsmächtigsten international anerkannten deutschen Theaterwissenschaftler. Sein Forschungsschwerpunkt bi……続きを見る

**The perfect gift for music fans and anyone fascianated by Woodstock, Barefoot in Babylon is an in-depth look at the making of 1969’s Woodstock Music Festivalーone of Rolling Stone’s “50 Moments Th……続きを見る

Celebrity gossip meets history in this compulsively readable collection from Buzzfeed reporter Anne Helen Peterson. This guide to film stars and their deepest secrets is sure to top your list for mo……続きを見る

In the years 1917 to 1991, despite unfavorable prevailing conditions, there were outstanding achievements in the music created for the cinema in the Soviet Union. Perhaps in no other country was fil……続きを見る

The largest film industry in the world after Hollywood is celebrated in this updated and expanded edition of a now classic work of reference. Covering the full range of Indian film, this new revised……続きを見る

Wie lassen sich die Werke des Opernrepertoires jenseits des "Regietheaters" und ohne fragwürdigen Aktualitätszwang inszenieren? Wie kann Musiktheater für ein Publikum des 21. Jahrhunderts aussehen? ……続きを見る

This book is a concise single volume guide to studying Shakespeare, covering practical as well as theoretical issues. The text deals with the major topics on a chapter-by-chapter basis, starting wit……続きを見る

The term "film noir" still conjures images of a uniquely American malaise: hard-boiled detectives, fatal women, and the shadowy hells of urban life. But from its beginnings, film noir has been an in……続きを見る

This book examines the American television legal series from its development as a genre in the 1940s to the present day. Villez demonstrates how the genre has been a rich source of legal information……続きを見る

When actor Will Shephard turned up at the Beverley Hills offices of Dino De Laurentiis, he expected to be interviewed for a modest role in the great man’s next production.“My agent told me on the ph……続きを見る

This book has an unusual structure. It begins with a review of the first concert given by the Amadeus Quartet and ends over fifty years later in 1999. What lies in between is a review of the post-wa……続きを見る

First Published in 1994. This book contains, previously unpublished, full scores of major works from the Renaissance and Early Baroque; analysing Sixteenth-century Italy, where one of the greatest f……続きを見る

This study is the first general critical introduction to the writing of Horton Foote, recipient of two Academy Awards and the Pulitzer Prize. These original essays survey Foote's career, his work fo……続きを見る