1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457192903321

Autore

Goldsmith Ben <1967->

Titolo

Local Hollywood [[electronic resource] /] / Ben Goldsmith, Susan Ward, Tom O'Regan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

St Lucia, Qld., : University of Queensland Press, 2010

ISBN

0-7022-3801-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WardSusan

O'ReganTom

Disciplina

791.430232

Soggetti

Motion picture industry

Motion picture industry - Australia - Queensland

Motion picture studios

Motion picture studios - Australia - Queensland

Motion picture locations

Motion picture locations - Australia - Queensland

Motion pictures - Production and direction

Motion pictures - Production and direction - Australia - Queensland

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Global film production and the Gold Coast"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1 Global and Local Hollywood; Chapter 2 Inventing a Local Hollywood; Chapter 3 The Greenfields Location; Chapter 4 The Junior Partner; Chapter 5 Film Friendliness; Chapter 6 Local Hollywood's Location Space; Chapter 7 Learning from a Local Hollywood; Acknowledgements; Notes; List of productions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The pioneering story of Australia's own Hollywood. Hollywood films and television programs are watched by a global audience. While many of these productions are still made in southern California, the last twenty years have seen new production centers emerge in the US, Canada and other locations worldwide. Global Hollywood has been made possible by this growing number of Local Hollywoods: locations equipped with the requisite facilities, resources and labor, as well as the political will



and tax incentives, to attract and retain high-budget, Hollywood-standard projects. This new book

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780652303321

Autore

Davis Philip

Titolo

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009

ISBN

9786612007415

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Manifestos ; ; v.25

Disciplina

820.9/008

820.9008

Soggetti

English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism

English fiction

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters; Contents; Introduction: The Victorian Bump and Where to Find It; 1 Victorian Hard Wiring; 2 Isaiah and Ezekiel - But What About Charley?; 3 Not So Straightforward: Realist Prose and What It Hides Within Itself; 4 A Literature In Time; 5 Individual Agents; 6 A Few of My Favorite Things: A Glove, a Sandal, and Plaited Hair; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of Victorian literature's enduring impact and importance for readers interested in the relationship between literature and life, reading and thinking. Explores the prominence of Victorian literature for contemporary readers and academics, through the author's unique insight into why it is still important todayProvides new frames of interpretation for key Victorian works of literature and close readings of important textsArgues for a new engagement with Victorian literature, from general readers and scholars a