History & Criticism 11

The inspiration behind ‘Life of Pi’ director Ang Lee’s ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is one of the short stories to be found in this haunting collection of Wyoming tales. ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is set in the b……続きを見る

An essay by film historian John DiLeo about the film Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). Excerpted from DiLeo's book, SCREEN SAVERS: 40 Remarkable Movies Awaiting Rediscovery (2008) from Hansen Pu……続きを見る

An illustrated account of the films made by Bruce Lee, the world-famous "king of kung-fu†who remains a legend, one of the most adulated and enigmatic movie stars of all time. This special ebook c……続きを見る

This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise of Baroque music. It was written for the music student and music lover, with the aim of acquainting them with this great period of music history a……続きを見る

A fascinating look at the world of music from French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist Camille Saint-Saëns, most famous for his Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macabre. 続きを見る

Pulitzer Prize nominated journalist Wendy Melillo authors the first book to explore the history of the Ad Council and the campaigns that brought public service announcements to the nation through th……続きを見る

What happens when media and politics become forms of entertainment? As our world begins to look more and more like Orwell's 1984, Neil's Postman's essential guide to the modern media is more relevan……続きを見る

A penetrating and entertaining exploration of New York’s music scene from Cubop through folk, punk, and hip-hop. From Tony Fletcher, the acclaimed biographer of Keith Moon, comes an incisive history……続きを見る

In this compulsively readable, fascinating, and provocative guide to classical music, Norman Lebrecht, one of the world’s most widely read cultural commentators tells the story of the rise of the cl……続きを見る

People have been experimenting with different ways to write history for 2,500 years, yet we have experimented with film in the same way for only a century. Noted professor and historian Natalie Zemo……続きを見る

Dale Bell, associate producer of the 1970 Oscar Academy Award winning documentary feature film Woodstock, adds a new introduction to the inaugural digital edition of his book on the making of the mo……続きを見る

The Italian art cinema of the 1960s is known worldwide for its brilliance and vitality. Yet rarely has this cinema been considered in relation to the profound economic and cultural changes that tran……続きを見る

"A fascinating, moving recollection that celebrates one of the great achievements in Canadian television." Elaine Lui, author of Listen to the Squawking Chicken "Ward celebrates...raw, forward-think……続きを見る

This is a unique volume because it was set to examine the calendar date 8/16 of 2014 for the singer Madonna. It was set with religious themes. This is also a unique volume that looks at why the Psyc……続きを見る

Baseball has long been viewed as the Great American Pastime, so it is no surprise that the sport has inspired many Hollywood films and television series. But how do these works depict the game, its ……続きを見る

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Research and Information Guide is a valuable tool for any scholar, performer, or music student interested in accessing the most pertinent resources on the life, works,……続きを見る

Inspired by an alleged real case of demonic possession in 1949, The Exorcist became an international phenomenon on its release in 1973. A blockbusting adaptation of a best-selling novel, it was prai……続きを見る

A vivid, dramatic account of how half a dozen kinds of modern music--punk rock, art rock, disco, salsa, rap, minimalist classical--emerged in new forms and cross-pollinated all at once in the middle……続きを見る

Em "Música Visual", Filipe Salles analisa a íntima relação que existe entre o som e a imagem. Trata-se de uma análise minuciosa que tem como base o filme Fantasia, de Walt Disney, obra audiovisual h……続きを見る

Xenakis: His Life in Music is a full-length study of the influential contemporary composer Iannis Xenakis. Following the trajectory of Xenakis’s compositional development, James Harley, who studied ……続きを見る

This entertaining history of Cuba and its music begins with the collision of Spain and Africa and continues through the era of Miguelito Valdés, Arsenio Rodríguez, Benny Moré, and Pérez Prado. It of……続きを見る

Tout Chabrol ? Plus qu’une promesse, un défi ! Il faut dire qu’en plus de 50 ans de carrière, l’homme n’a pas chômé : cinquante-sept films bien sûr, mais aussi vingt-quatre téléfilms, deux mises en ……続きを見る

Con il termine guerre persiane o mediche si definisce la sequenza di conflitti combattuti tra le pòlis greche e l'Impero Persiano, iniziati intorno al 499 a.C. e continuati a più riprese fino al 479……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

The Companion to Mendelssohn, is written by leading scholars in the field. In fourteen chapters they explore the life, work, and reception of a composer-performer once thought uniquely untroubled in……続きを見る

A brilliant approach to the queerness of one of Taiwan’s greatest auteurs A critical figure in queer Sinophone cinemaーand the first director ever commissioned to create a film for the permanent col……続きを見る

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In the last decades of the 17th century, the feast of Christmas in Lutheran Germany underwent a major transformation when theologians and local governments waged an early modern "war on Christmas," ……続きを見る

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST PAPERBACK OF 2021 * Shortlisted for the 2021 Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year prize * A critically-acclaimed Sunday Times, Spectator and Independent Book of 2020 * Now wit……続きを見る

"Finally, someone takes baseball movies seriously! Baseball: The Movie blends the passion of a fan with the rigorous analysis of a film critic to create a persuasive argument that the baseball movie……続きを見る