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C. M. Kornbluth - The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary
von Mark Rich
2009 Kartoniert, 452 Seiten, 254mm x 178mm x 24mm, Sprache(n): eng Cyril Kornbluth is a legendary figure in science fiction. As a teenager in the years before World War II, he wrote prolifically and brilliantly under multiple pennames. After military service he developed a voice distinctive for…
The Mind of Italo Calvino - A Critical Exploration of His Thought and Writings
von Dani Cavallaro
2010 Kartoniert, 212 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 13mm, Sprache(n): eng At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was internationally regarded as one of Italy's greatest twentieth century writers. His approach to literature was remarkably adventurous, and he produced a thought-provoking oeuvre, which i…
The Business of Science Fiction - Two Insiders Discuss Writing and Publishing
von Mike Resnick, Barry N. Malzberg
2010 Kartoniert, 276 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 16mm, Sprache(n): eng Two prolific and award-winning science fiction writers, Mike Resnick and Barry N. Malzberg, have been publishing a "Dialogue" in every issue of the SFWA Bulletin, official publication of the Science Fiction Writers of America, fo…
Shaolin Brew - Race, Comics, and the Evolution of the Superhero (Hardback)
von Troy D Smith
2024 Gebunden, 284 Seiten, 240mm x 161mm x 21mm, Sprache(n): eng Shaolin Brew: Race, Comics, and the Evolution of the Superhero looks at how the comic book industry developed from a white perspective and how minority characters were and are viewed through a stereotypical white gaze. Further, the…
Shaolin Brew - Race, Comics, and the Evolution of the Superhero
von Troy D Smith
2024 Kartoniert, 284 Seiten, 234mm x 156mm x 17mm, Sprache(n): eng Shaolin Brew: Race, Comics, and the Evolution of the Superhero looks at how the comic book industry developed from a white perspective and how minority characters were and are viewed through a stereotypical white gaze. Further, t…
Comics as History, Comics as Literature - Roles of the Comic Book in Scholarship, Society, and Ent…
2013 Gebunden, 274 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 21mm, Sprache(n): eng This anthology hosts a collection of essays examining the role of comics as portals for historical and academic content, while keeping the approach on an international market versus the American one. Few resources currently exist s…
The Metaphysics of Detective Marlowe - Style, Vision, Hard-Boiled Repartee, Thugs, and Death-Deali…
von Mircea Mihaies
2013 Gebunden, 230 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 18mm, Sprache(n): eng The Metaphysics of Detective Marlowe: Style, Vision, Hard-Boiled Repartee, Thugs, and Death-Dealing Damsels in Raymond Chandler's Novels is a comparative study of 'the life and times" of an American idol, Raymond Chandler's detecti…
The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, 1790-1910
von Heather L. Braun
2012 Gebunden, 176 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 14mm, Sprache(n): eng The Rise and Fall of the Femme Fatale in British Literature, 1790-1910 explores the femme fatale's career in nineteenth-century British literature. It traces her evolution-and devolution-formally, historically, and ideologically th…
Historical Dictionary of Gothic Literature
von William Hughes
2013 Gebunden, 376 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 27mm, Sprache(n): eng Literary fashions come and go, but some hang around longer than others, like Gothic literature which has existed ever since The Castle of Otranto in 1764. During this long while, it has spread from England, to the rest of Great Bri…
Images of the Modern Vampire - The Hip and the Atavistic
2015 Kartoniert, 276 Seiten, 229mm x 152mm x 16mm, Sprache(n): eng In the predecessor to this book, The Universal Vampire: Origins and Evolution of a Legend, Brodman and Doan presented discussions of the development of the vampire in the West from the early Norse draugr figure to the medieval Eu…