Info
- Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.
Gatsby : the cultural history of the great American novel / / Bob Batchelor
| Gatsby : the cultural history of the great American novel / / Bob Batchelor |
| Autore | Batchelor Bob |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman and Littlefield, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.52 |
| Collana | Contemporary American literature |
| Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Academic theses. |
| ISBN |
979-82-16-41070-6
979-82-16-23830-0 1-4422-4907-2 0-8108-9196-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Gatsby Matters; Part I: The Faustian Bargain: Creating The Great Gatsby; 1 A Literary Star Roaring through the Twenties; 2 Breaking Bad: Fitzgerald's Demise, 1925-1940; Part II: Gatsby in the American Century; 3 Gatsby Reborn, 1941-1963; 4 A Grand Illusion, 1964-1980; 5 All That Glitters, 1981-2000; 6 Gatsby Today, 2001-present; Part III: Gatsby and the Shifting American Dream; 7 The American Dream; 8 Wealth and Power; 9 Celebrity . . . An Obsession; Part IV: Gatsby Lives: The Enduring Legacy of the Great American Novel
10 Is Romance Timeless?11 A Hope for Reading and the Quest for the Great American Novel; 12 Boom, Bust, Repeat: Power, Greed, and Recklessness in Contemporary America; 13 The Great Gatsby (2013): The Film; Conclusion: Gatsby Is America; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911095330203321 |
Batchelor Bob
|
||
| Lanham : , : Rowman and Littlefield, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Gatsby : the cultural history of the great American novel / / Bob Batchelor
| Gatsby : the cultural history of the great American novel / / Bob Batchelor |
| Autore | Batchelor Bob |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman and Littlefield, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (317 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.52 |
| Collana | Contemporary American literature |
| Soggetto topico | LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Academic theses. |
| ISBN |
979-82-16-41070-6
979-82-16-23830-0 1-4422-4907-2 0-8108-9196-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Why Gatsby Matters; Part I: The Faustian Bargain: Creating The Great Gatsby; 1 A Literary Star Roaring through the Twenties; 2 Breaking Bad: Fitzgerald's Demise, 1925-1940; Part II: Gatsby in the American Century; 3 Gatsby Reborn, 1941-1963; 4 A Grand Illusion, 1964-1980; 5 All That Glitters, 1981-2000; 6 Gatsby Today, 2001-present; Part III: Gatsby and the Shifting American Dream; 7 The American Dream; 8 Wealth and Power; 9 Celebrity . . . An Obsession; Part IV: Gatsby Lives: The Enduring Legacy of the Great American Novel
10 Is Romance Timeless?11 A Hope for Reading and the Quest for the Great American Novel; 12 Boom, Bust, Repeat: Power, Greed, and Recklessness in Contemporary America; 13 The Great Gatsby (2013): The Film; Conclusion: Gatsby Is America; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911133196903321 |
|
Batchelor Bob
|
||
| Lanham : , : Rowman and Littlefield, , [2014] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
John Hay, friend of giants : the man and life connecting Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Henry James, and Theodore Roosevelt / / Philip McFarland
| John Hay, friend of giants : the man and life connecting Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Henry James, and Theodore Roosevelt / / Philip McFarland |
| Autore | McFarland Philip James |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (383 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 818/.409 |
| Soggetto topico |
LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General
Friendship |
| ISBN | 1-4422-2283-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162947503321 |
|
McFarland Philip James
|
||
| Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
More than a game : the computer game as fictional form / / Barry Atkins
| More than a game : the computer game as fictional form / / Barry Atkins |
| Autore | Atkins Barry |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource ([vi], 170 pages) : digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 794.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Social aspects
Video games Film and Media Computer games - online games: strategy guides LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General Computer games / online games: strategy guides |
| Soggetto non controllato |
pong
video gaming computer arcade game Half-Life (video game) Lara Croft Tomb Raider |
| ISBN |
1-5261-3754-2
1-84779-558-7 1-78170-023-0 1-280-73433-7 9786610734337 1-84779-039-9 1-4175-7805-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements --1. The computer game as fictional form --2. Fantastically real: reading Tomb Raider --3. Gritty realism: reading Half-Life --4. Replaying history: reading Close Combat --5. Managing the real: reading SimCity --6. More than a game? --Glossary of game-specific terms --Bibliography --Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996209566903316 |
|
Atkins Barry
|
||
| Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
| ||
Myths That Made America : an Introduction to American Studies / / Heike Paul
| Myths That Made America : an Introduction to American Studies / / Heike Paul |
| Autore | Paul Heike |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 973.0 |
| Collana | American studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Amerikaforschung
Geografie, Reisen Literature and literary studies Literature: history and criticism Literary studies: general HISTORY - United States - State & Local - General LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General Nationalcharakter Mythos |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
America
American History American Studies Cultural Studies Culture History Introduction Literature Myth |
| ISBN | 3-8394-1485-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Christopher Columbus and the Myth of 'Discovery' -- Pocahontas and the Myth of Transatlantic Love -- Pilgrims and Puritans and the Myth of the Promised Land -- American Independence and the Myth of the Founding Fathers -- E Pluribus Unum? The Myth of the Melting Pot -- Agrarianism, Expansionism, and the Myth of the American West -- Expressive Individualism and the Myth of the Self-Made Man. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996445954003316 |
|
Paul Heike
|
||
| Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript Verlag, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
| ||
No country for old men : from novel to film / / edited by Lynnea Chapman King, Rick Wallach, Jim Welsh
| No country for old men : from novel to film / / edited by Lynnea Chapman King, Rick Wallach, Jim Welsh |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.54 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KingLynnea Chapman <1967->
WallachRick WelshJames M. <1938-2013> |
| Soggetto topico |
LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General
Film adaptations Film adaptations - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film adaptations. |
| ISBN |
979-82-16-40783-6
1-282-52113-6 9786612521133 0-8108-6730-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface: Too Smart for Mainstream Media?; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Dialogues and Intertextuality: No Country for Old Men as Fictional and Cinematic Text; Chapter 01. "You are the battleground": Materiality, Moral Responsibility, and Determinism in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 02. Yeats's "Sailing to Byzantium" and McCarthy's No Country for Old Men: Art and Artifice in the Novel; Chapter 03. For Whom Bell Tolls: Cormac McCarthy's Sheriff Bell as Spiritual Hero; Chapter 04. No Allegory for Casual Readers
Chapter 05. Oedipus Rests: Mimesis and Allegory in No Country for Old MenChapter 06. Genre, Voice, and Ethos: McCarthy's Perverse "Thriller"; Chapter 07. Borderline Evil: The Dark Side of Byzantium in No Country for Old Men, Novel and Film; Chapter 08. "Of what is past, or passing, or to come": Characters as Relics in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 09. Devil with a Bad Haircut: Postmodern Villainy Rides the Range in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 10. For Every Tatter in Its Mortal Dress: Costume and Character in No Country for Old Men Chapter 11. "Hold still": Models of Masculinity in the Coens' No Country for Old MenChapter 12. A Flip of the Coin: Gender Systems and Female Resistance in the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men; Chapter 13. Grace and Moss's End in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 14. Denial and Trepidation Awaiting What's Coming in the Coen Brothers' First Film Adaptation; Chapter 15. Cold-Blooded Coen Brothers: The Death Drive and No Country for Old Men; Chapter 16. "Just a cameraman": An Interview with Roger Deakins; Index; About theEditors and Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911106180803321 |
| Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
No country for old men : from novel to film / / edited by Lynnea Chapman King, Rick Wallach, Jim Welsh
| No country for old men : from novel to film / / edited by Lynnea Chapman King, Rick Wallach, Jim Welsh |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina | 813/.54 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KingLynnea Chapman <1967->
WallachRick WelshJames M. <1938-2013> |
| Soggetto topico |
LITERARY CRITICISM - American - General
Film adaptations Film adaptations - History and criticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film adaptations. |
| ISBN |
979-82-16-40783-6
1-282-52113-6 9786612521133 0-8108-6730-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface: Too Smart for Mainstream Media?; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Dialogues and Intertextuality: No Country for Old Men as Fictional and Cinematic Text; Chapter 01. "You are the battleground": Materiality, Moral Responsibility, and Determinism in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 02. Yeats's "Sailing to Byzantium" and McCarthy's No Country for Old Men: Art and Artifice in the Novel; Chapter 03. For Whom Bell Tolls: Cormac McCarthy's Sheriff Bell as Spiritual Hero; Chapter 04. No Allegory for Casual Readers
Chapter 05. Oedipus Rests: Mimesis and Allegory in No Country for Old MenChapter 06. Genre, Voice, and Ethos: McCarthy's Perverse "Thriller"; Chapter 07. Borderline Evil: The Dark Side of Byzantium in No Country for Old Men, Novel and Film; Chapter 08. "Of what is past, or passing, or to come": Characters as Relics in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 09. Devil with a Bad Haircut: Postmodern Villainy Rides the Range in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 10. For Every Tatter in Its Mortal Dress: Costume and Character in No Country for Old Men Chapter 11. "Hold still": Models of Masculinity in the Coens' No Country for Old MenChapter 12. A Flip of the Coin: Gender Systems and Female Resistance in the Coen Brothers' No Country for Old Men; Chapter 13. Grace and Moss's End in No Country for Old Men; Chapter 14. Denial and Trepidation Awaiting What's Coming in the Coen Brothers' First Film Adaptation; Chapter 15. Cold-Blooded Coen Brothers: The Death Drive and No Country for Old Men; Chapter 16. "Just a cameraman": An Interview with Roger Deakins; Index; About theEditors and Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911145773603321 |
| Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
