A New World of Gods and MonstersThe basis for the Academy Award winning film "Gods and Monsters" Starring Ian McKellan and Brendan Fraser. James Curtis is the author of a well-received biography on Preston Sturge...9999903258797James Curtis
University of Minnesota Press
viernes, 10 de enero de 2025
The Autobiography of Stephen SpenderVirtually from its first appearance in 1951, this book was considered one of the most illuminating literary autobiographies to have come out of the 1930s and 40s. In writing it the...9999903255925Spender, Stephen
London : Faber, 1977.
miércoles, 8 de enero de 2025
Music and MadnessThis book charts the career of a man who has always been respected for his compassion, quirky way of thinking and fearless opposition to orthodox psychiatry. More importantly, he t...9999903251842Ivor Browne
Editors Varis
martes, 24 de diciembre de 2024
The central thesis of this book is that a genre approach provides the most effective means for understanding, analyzing and appreciating the Hollywood cinema. Taking into account n...9999903250265Thomas Schatz
Mcgraw-Hill
sábado, 21 de diciembre de 2024
Directing the Western from John Ford to Clint EastwoodWhen first published in 1969, Horizons West was immediately recognised as the definitive critical account of the Western film and some of its key directors. This greatly expanded n...9999903249795Jim Kitses
Editors Varis
viernes, 20 de diciembre de 2024
The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey BogartHumphrey Bogart: it's hard to think of anyone who's had the same lasting impact on the culture of movies. Though he died at the young age of fifty-seven more than half a century ag...9999903245360Stefan Kanfer
Vintage
jueves, 12 de diciembre de 2024
A Critical Guide to British Poetry, 1960-1984This survey of contemporary British poetry from 1960-1995 provides a succinct overview of British poets, movements and themes, ideal for English courses and the general reader alik...9999903243649Anthony Thwaite
Longman
domingo, 8 de diciembre de 2024
Journeys into Fame and MadnessYou can tell a lot about somebody in a minute. If you choose the right minute. Here are 228 of them. Join Neil Strauss, "The Mike Tyson of interviewers," (Dave Pirner, Soul Asylum)...9999903241997Neil Strauss
HarperCollins
viernes, 6 de diciembre de 2024
Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846Wine and dine with Victorian London's literati in a heatwave in one of the first ever group biographies, introduced by Francesca Wade (author of Square Haunting). Though she loved ...9999903241911Alethea Hayter
Faber & Faber
viernes, 6 de diciembre de 2024
Haydn was born in humble circumstances in 1732. In this fascinating biography, the author traces the rise of the composer from his early years to his death in Vienna in 1809. The m...9999903238591Neil Butterworth
Omnibus Press
sábado, 30 de noviembre de 2024
The Life and Music of Bernard HerrmannNo composer contributed more to film than Bernard Herrmann, who in over 40 scores enriched the work of such directors as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, and Mart...9999903238041Steven C. Smith
University of California Press
viernes, 29 de noviembre de 2024
A Creative Spring: Russia and France 1882 - 1934Aimed at the interested layperson, this biography reveals to what extent Igor Stravinsky was a major figure of the 20th century, not just in music, but in cultural and intellectual...9999903237518Stephen Walsh
Century
viernes, 29 de noviembre de 2024
With landmark films such as Fargo, O Brother Where art Thou?, Blood Simple, and Raising Arizona, the Coen brothers have achieved both critical and commercial success. Proving the e...9999903237372R. Barton Palmer
University of Illinois Press
viernes, 29 de noviembre de 2024
American HeroThis definitive biography of a Hollywood icon portrays Gary Cooper as a man of complex and sophisticated tastes, as well as large appetites.9999903236474Jeffrey Meyers
Cooper Square Press
jueves, 28 de noviembre de 2024
A new captivating, inspiring, and totally perspective-shifting volume from the wife and husband team behind Gender Swapped Fairy Tales The Greek myths were first told thousands of...9999903225775Karrie Fransman Jonathan ...
Faber & Faber
lunes, 18 de noviembre de 2024
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