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Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
by Leo BraudyAn 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: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
From Chivalry to Terrorism: War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity
by Leo BraudyManliness 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: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
The Hollywood Sign: Fantasy and Reality of an American Icon (Icons of America)
by Leo BraudyHollywood'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: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings (Sixth Edition)
by Leo Braudy • Marshall CohenIn the thirty years since the first edition of this collection appeared in 1974let alone the more than one hundred years since the first films were shownthe 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: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
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. ScottExplores 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: ENGCopyright: 1979