JAM - History & Criticism 1

A fond and nostalgic cultural history of It's a Wonderful Life, celebrating the beloved holiday film's actors and creators, its unexpected journey from public domain to holiday classic, and what its……続きを見る

Joe Jackson is a singer, songwriter, composer, and performer who has twisted and turned his career through numerous genres and continues to release excellent albums forty years after his initial bre……続きを見る

Foreword by Barry Devlin Five-piece Horslips are arguably the greatest band in Irish rock music history, producing truly special, unique music in the 1970s. By joining literary craft and their cultu……続きを見る

By 1993, Guns N' Roses had hit practically every benchmark possible for a rock n' roll band. Their eight-year journey had included an explosive and game-changing debut record, a self-indulgent but e……続きを見る

Van de emotionele eenvoud van Monteverdi's LÓrfeo tot de ongebreidelde overdaad van Wagners Tristan und Isolde; van de tot waanzin gedreven titelheldin in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor tot de onge……続きを見る

This book is about every song the Rolling Stones recorded in the studio and released between 1963 - 2024, and every solo song Mick Jagger and Keith Richards released during the same time. That's 512……続きを見る

In "Old Fogy: His Musical Opinions and Grotesques," James Huneker crafts a vibrant literary tapestry that merges humor, critique, and personal reflection. This collection of essays offers an engagin……続きを見る

The Simpsons Merchandise Guide for all Simpsons Lovers “What are the two things every Simpsons’ collector needs? This book and shelves! “ ─Stephanie Gillis, Writer on The Simpsons #1 Best Seller in ……続きを見る

An alluring exploration of the people and the legendary craftsmanship behind a single Steinway piano. Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds engineering feats with the magical sounds of great……続きを見る

‘Status Quo? All their songs sound the same and they only know three chords’ Really? This retrospective of one of Britain’s most successful bands takes this lazy criticism and puts it to the sword. ……続きを見る

**Set against the turbulent backdrop of the UK miners' strike (1984–5),**Billy Elliot (2000) follows eleven-year-old Billy as he pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Hailed for its heartfe……続きを見る

From innocent criminals to radical revolutionaries, feisty feminists to manly pioneers, egalitarian settlers to violent invaders, Caught on Screen shows how over successive generations the shape-shi……続きを見る

At the Hollywood Bowl, California, on 25 September 2017, the final song of the final concert of the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary tour was, almost inevitably, ‘American Girl’, the c……続きを見る

A humorous look at the influence of celebrity style, charting the hairdos (and hair don’ts) James King has fashioned over the years. From the classic ‘Rachel from Friends’ to the questionable David ……続きを見る

A lavishly illustrated tribute to the greatest entertainer of a generation. ‘The world has lost one of the greats but his music will live on forever’ – Madonna Michael Jackson was the undisputed Kin……続きを見る

Once, there were four university students who started a rock band named after a firetruck. Five and a half decades later, REO Speedwagon are still going strong, still drawing massive crowds, and, th……続きを見る

This book is a pioneering study of Blaxploitation horror films, connecting them with both mainstream horror movies and classic Gothic texts. The author argues that conventional horror films adapt, w……続きを見る

Links early modern English drama and empire studies, exploring how staged scenes of maritime peril created a new form of economic uncertainty Imperial Ventures links early modern English drama and e……続きを見る

A bold and brilliant short work by the author of the Goldsmiths Prize-winning Cuddy **LONGLISTED FOR THE JAN MICHALSKI PRIZE 2026** 'Myers' intense, double-edged fiction reminds us again of how exci……続きを見る

This brief monograph explores why the Shakespeare authorship question matters in the appreciation of the plays. First, a new understanding of a complex play like Troilus and Cressida emerges as the ……続きを見る

This collection of essays explores a wide range of topics demonstrating why the Shakespeare authorship question matters in the understanding and appreciation of the plays of Shakespeare. By shifting……続きを見る

Theorists of the soundtrack have helped us understand how the voice and music in the cinema impact a spectator's experience. James Buhler and Hannah Lewis edit in-depth essays from many of film musi……続きを見る

De la forme cinématographique, ordonnatrice d’univers, d’histoires et de décors, jusqu’aux corps des personnages, constructions de chair, d’imaginaire, de social et de celluloïd, le cinéma japonais ……続きを見る

In both literature and film, mutants, androids, and aliens have long functioned as humanity’s Otherーnonhuman bodies serving as surrogates to explore humanity’s prejudice, bigotry, and hatred. Schol……続きを見る

New York Times Book Review • Notable Book of the Year Washington Post • 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2019 NPR.org • NPR 2019 Concierge Slate • 10 Best Books of the Year Chicago Tribune • Best B……続きを見る

In The Sonic Episteme Robin James examines how twenty-first-century conceptions of sound as acoustic resonance shape notions of the social world, personhood, and materiality in ways that support whi……続きを見る

In Music in Disney’s Animated Features James Bohn investigates how music functions in Disney animated films and identifies several vanguard techniques used in them. In addition, he also presents a h……続きを見る

Growing sales numbers for cassette tapes in the Global North since the early 2010s have led mass media outlets to repeatedly proclaim a tape revival. Yet, the grassroots projects of devotees in nich……続きを見る

Censure & cinéma en France examine sur plus de 450 pages, le processus complexe de la classification des œuvres cinématographiques dans notre pays. La parole a été donnée aux observateurs et aux act……続きを見る

The films of Pedro Almodóvar teem with characters who at once are and are not alter egos of the director. In film after film, the Spanish auteur mines his past for alternative selves, telling and re……続きを見る