Cantitate/Preț
Produs

A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg: Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors

Editat de Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 mar 2022
This comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of Steven Spielberg is written by some of the top scholars working in fields ranging from philosophy and art to history and film studies. The chapters illuminate for scholars and fans the entire artistic career of Steven Spielberg.
Citește tot Restrânge

Din seria Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors

Preț: 27621 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 414

Preț estimativ în valută:
5288 5742$ 4447£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 23 noiembrie-07 decembrie
Livrare express 12-16 noiembrie pentru 3456 lei

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781498593618
ISBN-10: 1498593615
Pagini: 294
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Lexington Books
Seria Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors


Cuprins

Part I: The Artist and Philosopher


Chapter 1: ¿One of the Phenomenal Debut Films in the History of Movies¿: The Sugarland Express as Expression of Spielberg¿s `Movie Sense¿ and as Contribution to a Genre Cycle, David LaRocca

Chapter 2: Adapting Objects: Spielberg and the Art of Making Strange, Paul Johnson

Chapter 3: Fear and Wonder: The Lived-Body Experience of Spielberg¿s Cinema, Adam Daniel

Chapter 4: Galloping into the Jaws of Death: The Psychology of Animal Symbolism in Jaws and War Horse, Jennifer L. McMahon

Chapter 5: A Million Light Years from Home: Spielberg¿s Extraterrestrials, Transhumanism, and Constructions of Alterity, Elizabeth Lowry

Chapter 6: Of Children and Redrums: The Influence of Stanley Kubrick on A.I. and Minority Report, Elsa Colombani


Part II: The Dreamer


Chapter 7: Poiesis and Miracles: From Something Evil to ¿The Mission,¿ Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Mariana Soledad Zárate, and Eduardo Veteri

Chapter 8: Deus ex Machina: Spielberg¿s Fantastic Visions of Tragedy and Grace, Joshua Sikora

Chapter 9: A Modern Pythia: The Oracle in Minority Report, Sabine Planka

Chapter 10: The Politics of Nostalgia: Reconstructing Epic Heroism in Spielberg¿s Amblin¿ and Always, Christian Jimenez

Chapter 11: Piracy, Boy Heroes, and the Importance of Playing the Game in Spielberg¿s Hook and The Adventures of Tintin, Sue Matheson

Chapter 12: Categorizing E.T., Christopher H. Ketcham


Part III: The Historian


Chapter 13: ¿I Thought You Were an American¿: Spielberg, 1941, and Saving Private Ryan, Sean O¿Reilly

Chapter 14: Testimonies of the Past: Spielberg¿s Moral Exploration of Racial Discrimination,¿ Michael Versteeg

Chapter 15: Writing Postmodern Histories in Hollywood: The Portrayal of the Male Characters in Catch Me If You Can, Bridge of Spies, and The Post, Orsolya Karacsony

Chapter 16: Dignified Professor and Intrepid Adventurer: Two Facets of Indiana Jones, Carl Sobocinski

Chapter 17: ¿We Spared No Expense¿: Practical Utopias in Jurassic Park, The Terminal, and Ready Player One,¿ Carl Sweeney

Chapter 18: Trivialization, Displacement, and Historical Amnesia: The Work of Innocence and Embrace in Empire of the Sun and War of the Worlds, Naaman K. Wood and David J. Strickler