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  • Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds

    Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds

    by Leo Braudy

    An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting histor... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2017
  • From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity

    From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity

    by Leo Braudy

    Manliness has always been linked to physical prowess and to war; indeed the warrior has been the archetypal man across countless cultures throughout time. In this magisterial excursion through literature, history, warfare, and sociology, one of our most prominent scholars tracks the complex relatio... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2003
  • The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon (Icons of America)

    The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon (Icons of America)

    by Leo Braudy

    Hollywood's famous sign, constructed of massive white block letters set into a steep hillside, is an emblem of the movie capital it looms over and an international symbol of glamour and star power. To so many who see its image, the sign represents the earthly home of that otherwise ethereal world o... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2011
  • Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings (Sixth Edition)

    Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings (Sixth Edition)

    by Leo Braudy • Marshall Cohen

    In the thirty years since the first edition of this collection appeared in 1974—let alone the more than one hundred years since the first films were shown—the academic study of film has changed enormously, and the journalistic and popular criticism of film has been deeply affected as well. Yet many ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2004
  • Harvard Guide to Contemporary American Literature

    Harvard Guide to Contemporary American Literature

    by Alan Trachtenberg • A. Walton Litz • Gerald Weales • Daniel Hoffman • Leo Braudy • Lewis P. Simpson • Josephine Hendin • Mark Shechner • Elizabeth Janeway • Nathan A. Scott

    Explores twentieth century American writing, generally from the close of the second world war to 1979. Includes essays on Black literature, women's writing, poetry, drama, etc.... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1979
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