Five of Hitchcock's most significant films were unavailable to the public for as long as two decades before their release in 1983-84. This highly readable volume collects the most important essays written about Hitchcock and the rereleased films since that time. Covering the entire range of contemporary film criticism and theory, these studies demonstrate Hitchcock's centrality to an understanding of how culture shapes film and how film shapes, and even creates culture.
Five of Hitchcock's most significant films were unavailable to the public for as long as two decades before their release in 1983-84. This highly read...
Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture is the first serious study of the singer/actor's art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-century popular music, film, and the entertainment industry. The volume uses a wide range of scholarly and cultural perspectives to explore Crosby's unique and lasting achievements. It also includes tributes and reminiscences from Bing's widow Kathryn, his grandson Steve, his record producer Ken Barnes, and one of his most popular successors, Michael Feinstein. Other contributors include Gary Giddins, the author of a widely acclaimed recent...
Going My Way: Bing Crosby and American Culture is the first serious study of the singer/actor's art and of his centrality to the history of twentieth-...
Nominated for a nonfiction Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America, "Scripting Hitchcock" explores the collaborative process between Alfred Hitchcock and the screenwriters he hired to write the scripts for three of his greatest films: "Psycho, The Birds, " and "Marnie." Drawing from extensive interviews with the screenwriters and other film technicians who worked for Hitchcock, Walter Raubicheck and Walter Srebnick illustrate how much of the filmmaking process took place not on the set or in front of the camera, but in the adaptation of the sources, the mutual creation of...
Nominated for a nonfiction Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America, "Scripting Hitchcock" explores the collaborative process betw...
Christianity and the Detective Story is the first book to gather together academic criticism on this particular connection between religion and popular culture. The articles cover the origin of this relationship in the works of G. K. Chesterton, examine its development through the Golden Age of mystery writers such as Dorothy L. Sayers, and include discussions of recent and contemporary television crime dramas. The volume makes a strong case for viewing mystery writing as a valid means of providing both entertainment and religious insight.
Christianity and the Detective Story is the first book to gather together academic criticism on this particular connection between religion and popula...
Lex Naturalis publishes articles that consider the relevance of natural law theory to contemporary philosophical and legal discussions and debates. With its roots in classical and medieval ideas about ethics and the "good," natural law continues to be a vital source of moral insight for a postmodern society.
Lex Naturalis publishes articles that consider the relevance of natural law theory to contemporary philosophical and legal discussions and debates. Wi...
