1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000019629

Autore

Dib, Mohammed

Titolo

Habel : roman / Mohammed Dib

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Editions du Seuil, 1977

ISBN

2-02-004650-4

Descrizione fisica

187 p. ; 21 cm.

Disciplina

843

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461347203321

Autore

Kromm Jane <1949->

Titolo

The art of frenzy [[electronic resource] ] : public madness in the visual culture, 1500-1850 / / Jane Kromm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, 2002

ISBN

1-283-20585-8

9786613205858

1-4411-4330-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/0094

Soggetti

Mania - Europe - History

Psychiatry - Europe - History

Mental illness in art

Art - 16th century

Art, Modern - 17th century

Art, Modern - 18th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Mania in the classical tradition: a madness of warrior-heroes and tyrants; 2 The unmaking of heroic mania; 3 The politics of mania; 4 Mania, riot, and revolution; 5 The measure of mania; 6 Mania and hysteria; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Art of Frenzy presents a masterful analysis of public madness from the Renaissance to the Industrial Age. Frenzy--the most flagrant and political form of madness--is the madness of warrior-heroes, kings, scolds, and the possessed. Its representation incorporates a range of traditional characters and figures, from Hercules and Orlando to Medea and Britannia. Understood as abusive power and belligerence out of control, and described in terms drawn equally from definitions of tyranny and liberty, frenzy has always been articulated with a significant degree of political meaning. Integrating ar

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790085903321

Autore

Marill Alvin H

Titolo

Television westerns [[electronic resource] ] : six decades of sagebrush sheriffs, scalawags, and sidewinders / / Alvin H. Marill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2011

ISBN

1-283-09923-3

9786613099235

0-8108-8133-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

791.45/65878

Soggetti

Western television programs - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword / by Jon Burlingame -- Introduction -- Defending range justice on the tube -- Coming of age on the tv frontier -- The western Disney style and the pivotal years -- From Wagon train and Bonanza to The Virginian and The big valley -- The made-for western saddles up



-- The great western miniseries -- Cartoon westerns -- Western documentaries -- Western-themed series episodes -- Heading, alas, thataway!.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume looks at the Western as it was represented from the beginning of television, encompassing all manifestations of the Western, including such series as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and The Wild, Wild West, as well as movies-of the-week, mini-series, failed pilots, animated programs, documentaries, and even Western-themed episodes of non-Western series that provided their own spin