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Autore |
Brooker Will <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Hunting the Dark Knight : twenty-first century Batman / / Will Brooker |
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London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2012 |
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New York, New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Batman films - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue: Batman of Many Worlds; 1. The Nolan Function: Authorship; 2. The Batman Matrix: Adaptation; 3. Dark Knight Lockdown: Realism and Repression; 4. Carnival on Infinite Earths: Continuity and Crisis; 5. The Never-Ending War: Deconstruction and the Dark Knight; Epilogue: Time and the Batman; Notes; Select Bibliography |
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Publishing to coincide with Christopher Nolan's third Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises,_x000D_in July 2012, Will Brooker's new book explores Batman's twenty-first century incarnations._x000D_Brooker's investigation into Batman Begins and The Dark Knight uncovers the complex_x000D_relationship between popular films, audiences, and producers in our age of media_x000D_convergence. He addresses a myriad of questions raised by these films: did Batman Begins_x000D_end when The Dark Knight began? Does its story include Burger King's 'Dark Whopper',_x000D_the Gotham Knight DVD, or the 'Why So Serio |
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