1.

Record Nr.

UNISOBSOBE00026877

Autore

Lucretius Carus, Titus

Titolo

La natura / Lucrezio ; introduzione, traduzione e note di Olimpio Cescatti ; con una lettura critica di Alessandro Ronconi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Milano] : Garzanti, 1982

Descrizione fisica

XXXVIII, 522 p. ; 18 cm

Collana

<I >grandi libri Garzanti ; 131

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

con testo a fronte

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793395603321

Autore

Colman Jonathan

Titolo

The Cuban missile crisis : origins, course and aftermath / / Jonathan Colman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-7486-9629-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 pages)

Disciplina

973.922

Soggetti

Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The United States, the Cuban Revolution and the Cold War, 1959-61 -- 2 The Decision to Base Nuclear Missiles in Cuba, Spring-Summer 1962 -- 3 Discovering the Missile Bases, 14-22 October 1962 -- 4 Confrontation, 22-25 October



1962 -- 5 A World Crisis, 22-28 October 1962 -- 6 Nadir and Resolution, 26-28 October 1962 -- 7 Aftermath I, November-December 1962 -- 8 Aftermath II, 1963-70 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: List of Persons -- Appendix 2: Chronology -- Appendix 3: Biographies -- Appendix 4: Documents -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on an extensive body of research, including primary sources released only in the last few years, this work places the crisis in a broader international and chronological context than previously possible.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910860897603321

Autore

McEwan Paul

Titolo

Cinema's Original Sin : D. W. Griffith, American Racism, and the Rise of Film Culture

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tucson : , : University of Texas Press, , 2022

©2022

ISBN

1-4773-2551-4

1-4773-2550-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages)

Disciplina

791.43/72

Soggetti

Film criticism - United States - History

Racism in motion pictures - History

Racism in the social sciences - History

PERFORMING ARTS / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. A New Art, 1895-1915 -- Chapter Two. Film Art, Intolerance, and Oscar Micheaux, 1915-1925 -- Chapter Three. Little Theatres, MOMA, and the Birth of Art Cinema, 1925-1945 -- Chapter Four. From American History to Film History, 1945-1960 -- Chapter Five. In Search of Legitimacy and Masterpieces: Film Studies in the Academy, 1960-2000 -- Chapter Six. Race, Reception, and Remix in the New



Millennium -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For over a century, cinephiles and film scholars have had to grapple with an ugly artifact that sits at the beginnings of film history. D. W. Griffith’s profoundly racist epic, The Birth of a Nation, inspired controversy and protest at its 1915 release and was defended as both a true history of Reconstruction (although it was based on fiction) and a new achievement in cinematic art. Paul McEwan examines the long and shifting history of its reception, revealing how the film became not just a cinematic landmark but also an influential force in American aesthetics and intellectual life. In every decade since 1915, filmmakers, museums, academics, programmers, and film fans have had to figure out how to deal with this troublesome object, and their choices have profoundly influenced both film culture and the notion that films can be works of art. Some critics tried to set aside the film’s racism and concentrate on the form, while others tried to relegate that racism safely to the past. McEwan argues that from the earliest film retrospectives in the 1920s to the rise of remix culture in the present day, controversies about this film and its meaning have profoundly shaped our understandings of film, race, and art.