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Download or read book James Patterson written by Joan Kotker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication and cinematic success of 1992's Along Came a Spider, James Patterson seems to have taken up permanent residence on the bestseller lists. In the ensuing decade, his hit detective novels, with memorable nursery rhyme titles like Cat and Mouse, (1997) and Pop! Goes the Weasel (1999), came in rapid-fire succession and generated similar popularity and praise. His Alex Cross series created one of the most recognizable detectives in literature, and one of the first urban African American detectives to appeal, on such a grand scale, to audiences of all demographics. With full literary analyses of ten of his most popular works of fiction, this critical companion offers readers a chance to more fully explore Patterson's writings. Beginning with his 1976 bestseller The Thomas Berryman Number and moving chronologically to 2002's 2nd Chance, each chapter examines elements of plot, character development, theme, and critical perspectives. A full chapter offers a delving biographical study of Patterson, including a brief timeline, that traces his early literary and personal interests and later professional achievements. Another chapter discusses the genres of detective and mystery writing, and situates Patterson 's contributions within this framework. Patterson's sociological writings are also considered. Whether for personal pursuits or school assignments, this volume provides ample insight and extensive bibliographic information on Patterson's work, including critical sources and reviews.
Book Synopsis Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000 by : Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
Download or read book Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900-2000 written by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-05-08 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Asian Theatre and Performance 1900 – 2000 is a ground-breaking survey, tracking the advent of modern drama in Japan, India, China, Korea and Southeast Asia. It considers the shaping power of realism and naturalism, the influence of Western culture, the relationship between theatrical modernisation and social modernisation, and how theatre operates in contemporary Asian society. Organised by period, nation and region, each chapter provides: ·a historical overview of the culture; ·an outline of theatre history; ·a survey of significant playwrights, actors, directors, companies, plays and productions. With contributions from an international team of scholars, this authoritative introduction will uniquely equip students and scholars with a broad understanding of the modern theatre histories of Asia.
Download or read book James Clavell written by Gina Macdonald and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1996-06-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study analyzes all of Clavell's fiction: King Rat, Tai-Pan, Shogun, Noble House, Whirlwind, and Gai-Jin. Each chapter discusses one novel and is divided into sections on plot and structure, character development, themes, historical foundations, genre conventions, and alternative perspectives from which to read the novel. A biographical chapter illuminates the influence of Clavell's life experiences on his writing.
Book Synopsis The Theatre of Caryl Churchill by : R. Darren Gobert
Download or read book The Theatre of Caryl Churchill written by R. Darren Gobert and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theatre of Caryl Churchill documents and analyses the major plays and productions of one of Britain's greatest and most innovative playwrights. Drawing on hundreds of never-before-seen archival sources from the US and the UK, it provides an essential guide to Churchill's groundbreaking work for students and theatregoers. Each chapter illuminates connections across plays and explores major scripts alongside unpublished and unfinished projects. Each considers the rehearsal room, the stage, and the printed text. Each demonstrates how Churchill has pushed the boundaries of dramatic aesthetics while posing urgent political and theoretical questions. But since each maps Churchill's work in a different way, each deploys a different reading practice - for many approaches are necessary to characterise such a restlessly imaginative and prolific career. Through its five interlocking parts, The Theatre of Caryl Churchill tells a story about the playwright, her work, and its place in contemporary drama.
Book Synopsis A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis by : Adam Barkman
Download or read book A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis written by Adam Barkman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis offers a comprehensive, academic and detailed study of the works of Robert Zemeckis, whose films include successful productions such as the Back to the Future trilogy (1985-90), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000) and The Polar Express (2004), but also lesser known films such as I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Used Cars (1980), and Allied (2015). Most of Zemeckis’ major productions were not only successful when they were first released but continue to enjoy popularity—with critics and fans alike—even today. This volume investigates several distinct areas of Zemeckisʼ works and addresses the different approaches: the philosophical, the artistic, the socio-cultural, and the personal. The methodologies adopted by the contributors differ significantly from each other, thus offering the reader a variegated and compelling picture of Zemeckisʼ oeuvre, which includes nineteen films. Contrary to the few volumes published in the past on the subject, the chapters in this volume offer specific case studies that have been previously ignored (or only partially mentioned) by other scholars. A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis offers a great variety of interdisciplinary approaches to Zemeckis’ films, illuminating, re-reading and/or interpreting for the first time the entire career of the director, from his first films to the most recent ones.
Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Toni Morrison by : Carmen Gillespie
Download or read book Critical Companion to Toni Morrison written by Carmen Gillespie and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, is perhaps the most important living American author. This work examines Morrison's life and writing, featuring critical analyses of her work and themes, as well as entries on related topics and relevant people, places, and influences.
Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut by : Susan Farrell
Download or read book Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut written by Susan Farrell and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most popular and admired authors of post-war American literaturefamous both for his playful and deceptively simple style as well as for his scathing critiques of social injustice and war. Criti.
Book Synopsis Critical Companion to J.D. Salinger by : Bruce Frederick Mueller
Download or read book Critical Companion to J.D. Salinger written by Bruce Frederick Mueller and published by Facts on File. This book was released on 2011 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the life and works of J.D. Salinger including detailed synopses of a variety of his works, character descriptions, important places Salinger lived and wrote about, biographies of family, friends, and contemporaries, and more.
Book Synopsis Mad Men Carousel by : Matt Zoller Seitz
Download or read book Mad Men Carousel written by Matt Zoller Seitz and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mad Men Carousel is an episode-by-episode guide to all seven seasons of AMC's Mad Men. This book collects TV and movie critic Matt Zoller Seitz’s celebrated Mad Men recaps—as featured on New York magazine's Vulture blog—for the first time, including never-before-published essays on the show’s first three seasons. Seitz’s writing digs deep into the show’s themes, performances, and filmmaking, examining complex and sometimes confounding aspects of the series. The complete series—all seven seasons and ninety-two episodes—is covered. Each episode review also includes brief explanations of locations, events, consumer products, and scientific advancements that are important to the characters, such as P.J. Clarke’s restaurant and the old Penn Station; the inventions of the birth control pill, the Xerox machine, and the Apollo Lunar Module; the release of the Beatles’ Revolver and the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds; and all the wars, protests, assassinations, and murders that cast a bloody pall over a chaotic decade. Mad Men Carousel is named after an iconic moment from the show’s first-season finale, “The Wheel,â€? wherein Don delivers an unforgettable pitch for a new slide projector that’s centered on the idea of nostalgia: “the pain from an old wound.â€? This book will soothe the most ardent Mad Men fan’s nostalgia for the show. New viewers, who will want to binge-watch their way through one of the most popular TV shows in recent memory, will discover a spoiler-friendly companion to one of the most multilayered and mercurial TV shows of all time. It's the perfect gift for Mad Men fans and obsessives. Also available from Matt Zoller Seitz: The Oliver Stone Experience, The Wes Anderson Collection: Bad Dads, The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Wes Anderson Collection.
Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism by : Jacques Bidet
Download or read book Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism written by Jacques Bidet and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International and interdisciplinary in range and scope, the "Critical Companion to Contemporary Marxism" provides a thorough and precise panorama of recent developments in Marxist theory in the US, Europe and beyond.
Book Synopsis Monsters of the Week by : Zack Handlen
Download or read book Monsters of the Week written by Zack Handlen and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete critical companion to The X-Files, covering every episode and both films and featuring interviews with screenwriters and stars. In Monsters of the Week: The Complete Critical Companion to The X-Files, TV critics Zack Handlen and Emily Todd VanDerWerff look back at exactly what made the long-running cult series so groundbreaking. Packed with insightful reviews of every episode—including the tenth and eleventh seasons and both major motion pictures—Monsters of the Week leaves no mystery unsolved and no monster unexplained. This crucial collection includes a foreword by series creator Chris Carter as well as exclusive interviews with some of show’s stars and screenwriters, including Carter, Vince Gilligan, Mitch Pileggi, James Wong, Robert Patrick, Darin Morgan, and more. Monsters of the Week is the definitive guide to The X-Files—whether you’re a lifelong viewer or a new fan uncovering the conspiracy for the first time. “This rich critical companion provides what evert X-Files fan deserves.” —Entertainment Weekly “The X-Files is my favorite show and Zack and Emily are my favorite reviewers of my favorite show and this is my favorite quote about it.” —Kumail Nanjiani, writer and star of The Big Sick; creator of The X-Files Files podcast “If Mulder and Scully had access to this terrific book, they would’ve solved every mystery of The X-Files in a single season. . . . The truth is in here!” —Damon Lindelof, co-creator of Lost and The Leftovers
Book Synopsis The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones by : Billy J. Stratton
Download or read book The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones written by Billy J. Stratton and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fictions of Stephen Graham Jones offers the first collection of scholarship on Jones's ever-expanding oeuvre.
Book Synopsis A Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical by : Elizabeth L. Wollman
Download or read book A Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical written by Elizabeth L. Wollman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Critical Companion to the American Stage Musical provides the perfect introductory text for students of theatre, music and cultural studies. It traces the history and development of the industry and art form in America with a particular focus on its artistic and commercial development in New York City from the early 20th century to the present. Emphasis is placed on commercial, artistic and cultural events that influenced the Broadway musical for an ever-renewing, increasingly broad and diverse audience: the Gilded Age, the Great Depression, the World War II era, the British invasion in the 1980s and the media age at the turn of the twenty-first century. Supplementary essays by leading scholars provide detailed focus on the American musical's production and preservation, as well as its influence on daily life on the local, national, and international levels. For students, these essays provide models of varying approaches and interpretation, equipping them with the skills and understanding to develop their own analysis of key productions.
Book Synopsis Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson by : Sharon Leiter
Download or read book Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson written by Sharon Leiter and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Companion to Emily Dickinson is an encyclopedic guide to the life and works of Emily Dickinson, one of the most famous and widely studied American poets of the 19th century.
Download or read book Amy Tan written by E. D. Huntley and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1998 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to reading and understanding three novels written by Asian American writer Amy Tan that includes information on the characters, narrative strategies, plot development, literary devices, setting, and major themes of each novel.
Book Synopsis A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics: by : Dario Martinelli
Download or read book A Critical Companion to Zoosemiotics: written by Dario Martinelli and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-06-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical companion of zoosemiotics is the first attempt to systematise the study of animal communication and signification through its most important and/or problematic terms and concepts, and its most representative scholars. It is a companion, in that it attempts to cover the entire range of key terms in the field, and it's critical, in that it aims not only to describe, but also to discuss, problematise and, in some cases, resolve, these terms.
Book Synopsis A Critical Companion to Old Norse Literary Genre by : Massimiliano Bampi
Download or read book A Critical Companion to Old Norse Literary Genre written by Massimiliano Bampi and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.
