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Shakespeare Films - Peter E.s. Babiak - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Shakespeare Films - Peter E.s. Babiak - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

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 contemporary language or modern or alternative settings or which use the play as a subtext. The emphasis is shifted from the director''s contribution to the film''s social, cultural and historical contexts. The work of the auteurs is reevaluated within present-day contexts, preserving the established canon while proposing new criteria for inclusion.

DKK 334.00
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The Victorian Bookshelf - Jess Nevins - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Victorian Bookshelf - Jess Nevins - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This introductory guide to the canon of Victorian literature covers 61 novels by authors from Jane Austen to Emile Zola. Brief critical essays describe what each book is about and argue for its cultural, historical and literary importance. Literary canons remain a subject of debate but critics, readers and students continue to find them useful as overviews--and examinations--of the great works within a given period or culture. The Victorian canon is particularly rich with splendid novels that educate, enlighten and entertain. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here .

DKK 334.00
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Shakespeare's Apprenticeship - Ramon Jimenez - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Shakespeare's Apprenticeship - Ramon Jimenez - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The contents of the Shakespeare canon have come into question in recent years as scholars add plays or declare others only partially his work. Now, new literary and historical evidence demonstrates that five heretofore anonymous plays published or performed during his lifetime are actually his first versions of later canonical works. Three histories, The Famous Victories of Henry the Fifth , The True Tragedy of Richard the Third , and The Troublesome Reign of John ; a comedy, The Taming of a Shrew ; and a romance, King Leir , are products of Shakespeare''s juvenile years. Later in his career, he transformed them into the plays that bear nearly identical titles. Each is strikingly similar to its canonical counterpart in terms of structure, plot and cast, though the texts were entirely rewritten. Virtually all scholars, critics and editors of Shakespeare have overlooked or disputed the idea that he had anything to do with them. This addition of five plays to the Shakespeare canon introduces a new facet to the authorship debate, and supplies further evidence that the real Shakespeare was Edward de Vere, seventeenth Earl of Oxford.

DKK 259.00
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The Many Lives of Ajax - Timothy V. Dugan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Many Lives of Ajax - Timothy V. Dugan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Ajax, the archetypal Greek warrior, has over the years been trivialized as a peripheral character in the classics through Hollywood representations, and by the use of his name on household cleaning products. Examining a broad range of sources--from film, art and literature to advertising and sports--this study of the "Bulwark of the Achaeans" and his mythological image redefines his presence in Western culture, revealing him as the predominant voice in The Iliad and in myriad works across the classical canon.

DKK 523.00
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Racing with Roger Penske - Sigur E. Whitaker - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Racing with Roger Penske - Sigur E. Whitaker - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Auto racing legend Roger Penske began as a successful sportscar driver before transitioning to owning a race team and opening a car dealership. Within eight years, Team Penske won the Indianapolis 500. Today, the team boasts more than 580 victories, including an unparalleled 18 Indianapolis 500 wins and two at the Daytona 500. Penske''s efforts on the track have been intertwined with his business ventures. Penske Corporation, with $32 billion in revenues, includes Penske truck leasing and rentals, retail automotive centers and logistics. In 2019, he bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and related assets, including IndyCar, and led both through the coronavirus pandemic, when racing continued with no fans in the stands. This book chronicles more than 50 years of Roger Penske''s racing history, with an overview of his business career, including the turnaround of Detroit Diesel.

DKK 523.00
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Beyond Literary Studies - Daniel Ferreras Savoye - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Beyond Literary Studies - Daniel Ferreras Savoye - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This response to the current crisis in the field of literary studies describes the fundamental flaws of poststructuralist literary criticism, which has become a self-serving enterprise at the expense of scholarship at large and students in particular. Outlining an improved approach that meets the expectations of 21st-century students and teachers, the author proposes a new definition of the literary object of study which addresses the inconsistencies of the literary canon by including nontraditional narratives such as films, comic books and pop songs.

DKK 523.00
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Ride the Frontier - Flavia Brizio Skov - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Ride the Frontier - Flavia Brizio Skov - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

With fresh appraisals of popular Westerns, this book examines the history of the genre with a focus on definitional aspects of canon, adaptation and hybridity. The author covers a range of largely unexplored topics, including the role of "heroines" in a (supposedly) male-oriented system of film production, the function of the celluloid Indians, the transcultural and transnational history of the first spaghetti Western, the construction of femininity and masculinity in the hybrid Westerns of the 1950s, and the new paths of the Western in the 21st century.

DKK 440.00
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Stephen King's Modern Macabre - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Stephen King's Modern Macabre - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

As Stephen King has continued to publish numerous works beyond one of the many high points of his career, in the 1980s, scholarship has not always kept up with his output. This volume presents 13 essays (12 brand new) on many of King''s recent writings that have not received the critical attention of his earlier works. This collection is grouped into three categories--"King in the World Around Us," "Spotlight on The Dark Tower " and "Writing into the Millennium"; each examines an aspect of King''s contemporary canon that has yet to be analyzed.

DKK 334.00
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Anatomy of the Slasher Film - Sotiris Petridis - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Anatomy of the Slasher Film - Sotiris Petridis - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The term "slasher film" was common parlance by the mid-1980s but the horror subgenre it describes was at least a decade old by then--formerly referred to as "stalker," "psycho" or "slice-''em-up." Examining 74 movies--from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) to Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)--the author identifies the characteristic elements of the subgenre while tracing changes in narrative patterns over the decades. The slasher canon is divided into three eras: the classical (1974-1993), the self-referential (1994-2000) and the neoslasher cycle (2000-2013).

DKK 334.00
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Buffy Meets the Academy - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Buffy Meets the Academy - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book presents serious academic scholarship on Buffy the Vampire Slayer . It differs from other works because it uses Buffy as a primary text and not as a secondary instrument to explore other concepts. In doing so, it demonstrates that popular culture studies should be approached with the same serious attention that is paid to classic philosophy and other long-established fields. Essays assemble the Buffy canon and explore how Buffy treats Shakespeare, comics, power, sisterhood, apocalyptic revisionism, folklore, feminism, redemption, patriarchy, identity and education. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here .

DKK 334.00
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Aberration in Poetry - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Aberration in Poetry - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This critical work considers the role played by elements that might be considered aberrational in a poet''s oeuvre. With an introductory essay exploring the nature of aberration, these fourteen contributions investigate the work of major 20th-century poets from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Aberration is considered from the standpoint of both the artist and the audience, prompting discussion on a range of important issues, including the formation of the canon. Each essay discusses the status of the aberrant work and the ways in which it challenges, enlarges or supports the overall perception of the poet.

DKK 571.00
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The First Few Minutes of Spanish Language Films - Richard K. Curry - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The First Few Minutes of Spanish Language Films - Richard K. Curry - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The first few minutes of a film orient the viewer, offering cues for a richer, more nuanced reading. With this premise, the author provides many insights into the history of Spanish language film, encouraging an enhanced understanding of the Spanish/Hispanic canon commonly taught in courses on film. The author explores El espiritu de la colmena (1973), La historia oficial (1985), Fresa y chocolate (1994), El crimen del padre Amaro (2002), Abre los ojos (1997), Te doy mis ojos (2003) and Carlos Saura''s flamenco trilogy-- Bodas de sangre (1981), Carmen (1983) and El amor bruno (1986), among others.

DKK 429.00
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The Case for Fanfiction - Ashley J. Barner - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Case for Fanfiction - Ashley J. Barner - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Challenging readers to rethink what they read and why, the author questions the aesthetic assumptions that have led to the devaluing of fanfiction--a genre criticized as both tasteless and derivative--and other "guilty pleasure" reading (and writing), including romance and fantasy. The complicated relationship between "fanfic" and intellectual property rights is discussed in light of the millennia-old tradition of derivative literature, before modern copyright law established originality as the hallmark of great fiction. "Absorbed reading"--the practice of immersing oneself in the narrative versus critically "reading from a distance"--is a strong motive for the appropriation by fanfiction of canon characters and worlds.

DKK 334.00
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E.X. Ferrars - Elizabeth Sanders - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

E.X. Ferrars - Elizabeth Sanders - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

E.X. Ferrars was one of the most popular and prolific British crime writers of the twentieth century. This literary companion is designed to introduce readers to the full range of possibilities inherent in E.X. Ferrars''s canon, connecting novels and short stories that share themes and strategies, and providing biographical data that yield insights into Ferrars''s interests and concerns. A brief biography is included, as well as explanations of relevant genre terminology. This work is a pathway to better understanding this popular writer, whose work spanned 63 years and who, when she died at age 88, was at work on another mystery for her broad readership.

DKK 523.00
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Kate O'Brien and the Fiction of Identity - Aintzane Legarreta Mentxaka - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Kate O'Brien and the Fiction of Identity - Aintzane Legarreta Mentxaka - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Kate O''Brien''s work is now widely considered canonical in the English language, and the author herself an icon for Ireland seeking to reinvent itself. O''Brien''s novel Mary Lavelle , banned upon publication in 1936, is a key work of the twentieth century that has suffered from critical neglect despite its wider popularity with readers. This book reexamines Mary Lavelle , exploring its role in the modernist canon and its importance to political and queer activism. The novel''s biographical and autobiographical experimentation is of particular note. Through the lens of this crucial novel, the oeuvre of Kate O''Brien is recontextualized and reassessed.

DKK 429.00
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Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 - Roy Kinnard - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990 - Roy Kinnard - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Produced in Italy from the turn of the 20th century, "sword and sandal" or peplum films were well received in the silent era and attained great popularity in the 1960s following the release of Hercules (1959), starring Mr. Universe Steve Reeves. A global craze for Bronze Age fantasy-adventures ensued and the heroic exploits of Hercules, Maciste, Samson and Goliath were soon a mainstay of American drive-ins and second-run theaters (though mainly disparaged by critics). By 1965, the genre was eclipsed by the spaghetti western, yet the 1960s peplum canon continues to inspire Hollywood epics. This filmography provides credits, cast and comments for dozens of films from 1908 through 1990.

DKK 320.00
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The Wild Bunch - Bill Mesce Jr. - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Wild Bunch - Bill Mesce Jr. - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

One of the most controversial films of its time, The Wild Bunch is the epitome of the no-holds-barred filmmaking of the 1960s and 1970s. Since its 1969 release, it has come to be recognized not only as an iconic Western, but as one of the most important films in the American cinematic canon. Over the years a parade of filmmakers have tried to imitate its gut-punch effects but none have equaled it. The Wild Bunch revived the floundering career of volatile, self-destructive director Sam Peckinpah--it also hung on him the label "Bloody Sam." This book tells the complete story of the film''s production, reception and legacy.

DKK 329.00
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Superheroes of the Round Table - Jason Tondro - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Superheroes of the Round Table - Jason Tondro - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Few scholars nursed on the literary canon would dispute that knowledge of Western literature benefits readers and writers of the superhero genre. This analysis of superhero comics as Romance literature shows that the reverse is true--knowledge of the superhero romance has something to teach critics of traditional literature. Establishing the comic genre as a cousin to Arthurian myth, Spenser, and Shakespeare, it uses comics to inform readings of The Faerie Queene, The Tempest , Malory''s Morte and more, while employing authors like Ben Johnson to help explain comics by Alan Moore, Jack Kirby, and Grant Morrison and characters like Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and the Justice League. Scholars of comics, medieval and Renaissance literature alike will find it appealing.

DKK 334.00
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The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - H. G. Wells - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance - H. G. Wells - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

H.G. Wells barely revised The Invisible Man once it was published, adding only an epilogue. But the opening statement of that epilogue--"So ends the strange and evil experiment of the Invisible Man"--has posed challenges to scholars. How to understand it? Does it speak strictly to the scientific elements of the novel? Or is it a part of the work''s political underpinnings? The 1897 New York first edition (the first edition to incorporate the epilogue) is used here as the basis for the exhaustive annotations and other critical apparatus of the world''s foremost Wellsian scholar. The introduction examines in great detail the novel''s position in the Wellsian canon and sets the major themes in context with the literary conventions used in his other works, particularly the scientific romances.

DKK 259.00
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The Modern Weird Tale - S.t. Joshi - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Modern Weird Tale - S.t. Joshi - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This is a critical study of many of the leading writers of horror and supernatural fiction since World War II. The primary purpose is to establish a canon of weird literature, and to distinguish the genuinely meritorious writers of the past fifty years from those who have obtained merely transient popular renown. Accordingly, the author regards the complex, subtle work of Shirley Jackson, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Aickman, T.E.D. Klein, and Thomas Ligotti as considerably superior to the best-sellers of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, and Anne Rice. Other writers such as William Peter Blatty, Thomas Tryon, Robert Bloch, and Thomas Harris are also discussed. Taken as a whole, the volume represents a pioneering attempt to chart the development of weird fiction over the past half-century.

DKK 334.00
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Sidney Lumet - Aubrey Malone - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sidney Lumet - Aubrey Malone - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

 Punctilious to a fault, Sidney Lumet favored intense rehearsal, which enabled him to bring in most of his films under budget and under schedule. An energized director who captured the heart of New York like no other, he created a vast canon of work that stands as a testament to his passionate concern for justice and his great empathy for the hundreds of people with whom he collaborated during a career that spanned more than five decades. This is the first full-scale biography of a man who is generally regarded as one of the most affable directors of his time. Using the oral testimonies of those who worked with him both behind and in front of the camera, this book explores Lumet''s personality and working methods.

DKK 421.00
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Peter Carey - Mary Ellen Snodgrass - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Peter Carey - Mary Ellen Snodgrass - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Peter Carey, writer of such celebrated works as Oscar and Lucinda, True History of the Kelly Gang , and His Illegal Self , is one of Australia''s most critically acclaimed novelists. Deeply concerned with South Pacific culture, especially the lives of its most downtrodden citizens, Carey uses popular art as a tool for raising the consciousness of readers. This book provides an introduction to the author''s life, as well as a guided overview of his body of work. Designed for the fan and scholar alike, this text features an alphabetized, fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Carey canon, including fictional characters, motifs, historical events, and themes. Additional features include a listing of headwords, a Carey history, 44 reading and writing topics, and bibliographies of primary and secondary sources. A comprehensive index is included.

DKK 618.00
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Acts of Forgiveness - Ted Karpf - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Acts of Forgiveness - Ted Karpf - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1980s America, coming out as gay as a father and husband was a significant journey for anyone to make. Coming out as gay as a priest guaranteed immersion into controversy, contradiction, and challenge. This book tells of the Reverend Canon Ted Karpf''s navigation of new social and romantic journeys, all within the context of his priestly vocation in the Episcopal Church. Covering from 1968 to 2018, Karpf recounts his vivid memories, life-changing dreams and resonant reflections on living a life of faith in a socially and politically tumultuous period. His narratives are crafted as poetic meditations on enduring values and meaning, which can remind any reader that we are neither abandoned nor alone, and that forgiveness is a fulfilling way of living in a world of contradictions.

DKK 240.00
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Isabel Allende - Mary Ellen Snodgrass - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Isabel Allende - Mary Ellen Snodgrass - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Isabel Allende--"la Famosa" to her fellow Chileans--is the world''s most widely read Spanish language author. Her career coincides with the emergence of multiculturalism and global feminism, and her powerfully honest, revelatory works touch the pulse points of humankind. Her bravura study of the interwoven roles of women in family history opens the minds of outsiders to the sufferings of women and their children during years of social and political nightmare. This reference work provides an introduction to Allende''s life as well as a guided overview of her body of work. Designed for the fan and scholar alike, this text features an alphabetized, fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Allende canon, including fictional characters, motifs, historical events and themes. A comprehensive index is included.

DKK 523.00
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