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The Canterbury Nightmares

by S. A. Cosby, Eric LaRocca, David Niall Wilson ...

The Canterbury Nightmares is a collection of stories from the edge of the abyss. Combining the essence of Chaucer’s pilgrims on their journey to a shrine, with what appeared to be the end of a global pandemic, these tales were born in a time when personal connections were few, breathing the air in a grocery store felt unsafe, and the country was dissolving into seemingly irreparable divisions ... Read more

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The Canterbury Nightmares is a collection of stories from the edge of the abyss. Combining the essence of Chaucer’s pilgrims on their journey to a shrine, with what appeared to be the end of a global pandemic, these tales were born in a time when personal connections were few, breathing the air in a grocery store felt unsafe, and the country was dissolving into seemingly irreparable divisions
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A Critical Companion to David Lynch

by Andrew M. Winters, Brandelyn Andres, Adam Daniel, Matthew Grinder, Julie M. Hamilton, James Jarrett, Peter Lang, David LaRocca, Rupert Loydell, Kingsley Marshall0, Donald McCarthy1, Osman Nemli2, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns3, Kristina Sekrst4, Zachary Sheldon5, Matthew Sorrento6, David Sweeney7, Kwasu David Tembo8, Zachary Vereb9, Reba Wissner0 ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
A Critical Companion to David Lynch builds on the vast debate of one of the most discussed and researched directors of the present era, with commercial and critical success across multiple mediums and genres. This edited volume provides a wide-ranging exploration of Lynch’s films, practices, and collaborations, with nineteen original chapters examining themes including narrativity, aesthetics, ... Read more

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A Critical Companion to David Lynch builds on the vast debate of one of the most discussed and researched directors of the present era, with commercial and critical success across multiple mediums and genres. This edited volume provides a wide-ranging exploration of Lynch’s films, practices, and collaborations, with nineteen original chapters examining themes including narrativity, aesthetics,
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The Cinema of Rithy Panh

Everything Has a Soul

by Leslie Barnes, Joseph Mai, Stephanie Benzaquen-Gautier, Jennifer Cazenave, Lindsay French, Rachel Harrison, John Kleinen, David LaRocca, Boreth Ly0, Raya Morag1, Soko Phay2, Donald Reid3, Vicente Sánchez-Biosca4, Jack A. Yeager5, Cathy J. Schlund-Vials6, Khatharya Um7 ...

Series series Global Film Directors
Born in 1964, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh grew up in the midst of the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal reign of terror, which claimed the lives of many of his relatives. After escaping to France, where he attended film school, he returned to his homeland in the late 1980s and began work on the documentaries and fiction films that have made him Cambodia’s most celebrated living director.The fourteen ... Read more

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Born in 1964, Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh grew up in the midst of the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal reign of terror, which claimed the lives of many of his relatives. After escaping to France, where he attended film school, he returned to his homeland in the late 1980s and began work on the documentaries and fiction films that have made him Cambodia’s most celebrated living director.The fourteen
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A Critical Companion to Robert Zemeckis

by Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna, Michael Charlton, Christian Jimenez, Paul Johnson, Siobhan Lyons, Kingsley Marshall, Sue Matheson, Francis Mickus0, Carl Sobocinski1, Eric Sterling2, Anneke Murley-Evenden3, David K. Chan4, Christopher H. Ketcham5, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns6, Nicole R. Pramik7, Ludovic A. Sourdot8, David LaRocca9, Kwasu David Tembo0 ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
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 ... Read more

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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
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A Critical Companion to Terrence Malick

by Joshua Sikora, Matthew Aughtry, Vernon W. Cisney, Adam Daniel, David J. Gilbert, Reno Lauro, Anthony Parisi, Kip Redick, Joshua Russell, Dean Yamada0, Timothy E.G. Bartel1, Naaman Wood2, David LaRocca3 ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
From the dust of the Montana plains to the farthest reaches of the cosmos, Terrence Malick’s films have enchanted audiences with transcendent images of nature, humanity, and grace for nearly fifty years. The contributors in this volume explore the profound implications of Malick’s stories, images, processes, and convictions as they offer comprehensive studies of the ten completed films of Terrence ... Read more

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From the dust of the Montana plains to the farthest reaches of the cosmos, Terrence Malick’s films have enchanted audiences with transcendent images of nature, humanity, and grace for nearly fifty years. The contributors in this volume explore the profound implications of Malick’s stories, images, processes, and convictions as they offer comprehensive studies of the ten completed films of Terrence
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The Philosophy of Werner Herzog

by Stefanie Baumann, Daniele Dottorini, Anthony Eagan, Antony Fredriksson, Marc Furstenau, Will Lehman, Kyle Novak, Simon Thornton, Tyler Tritten, Patrícia Castello Branco, Ian Alexander Moore, David LaRocca, Mihai Ometita ...

Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
Legendary director, actor, author, and provocateur Werner Herzog has incalculably influenced contemporary cinema for decades. Until now there has been no sustained effort to gather and present a variety of diverse philosophical approaches to his films and to the thinking behind their creation. The Philosophy of Werner Herzog, edited by M. Blake Wilson and Christopher Turner,collects fourteen ... Read more

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Legendary director, actor, author, and provocateur Werner Herzog has incalculably influenced contemporary cinema for decades. Until now there has been no sustained effort to gather and present a variety of diverse philosophical approaches to his films and to the thinking behind their creation. The Philosophy of Werner Herzog, edited by M. Blake Wilson and Christopher Turner,collects fourteen
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A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg

by Adam Barkman, Elsa Colombani, Adam Daniel, Christian Jimenez, Paul Johnson, Orsolya Karacsony, Christopher H. Ketcham, David LaRocca, Elizabeth Lowry, Sue Matheson0, Jennifer L. McMahon1, Sean O’Reilly2, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns3, Sabine Planka4, Antonio Sanna5, Joshua Sikora7, Carl Sobocinski8, David J. Strickler9, Carl Sweeney0, Michael Versteeg1, Eduardo Veteri2, Naaman Wood3, Mariana Soledad Zárate4 ...

Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg offers a comprehensive, detailed study of the works of Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's early productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema, and his involvement with film spans all cinematic genres. Today, Spielberg enjoys an immense and enduring popularity around the globe, and his productions have attracted (and continue to attract) both public and ... Read more

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A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg offers a comprehensive, detailed study of the works of Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's early productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema, and his involvement with film spans all cinematic genres. Today, Spielberg enjoys an immense and enduring popularity around the globe, and his productions have attracted (and continue to attract) both public and
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The Philosophy of Documentary Film

by Diana Allan, Rick Altman, Ariella Azoulay, Noël Carroll, Stanley Cavell, Gregory Currie, William Day, Keith Dromm, K. L. Evans, Michael Fried, Elan Gamaker0, Dan Geva1, Tom Gunning2, Werner Herzog3, Selmin Kara4, Scott MacDonald5, Bill Nichols6, Claudia Pederson7, V. F. Perkins8, Vivian Sobchack9, Lars von Trier0, Thomas Vinterberg1, Charles Warren2, Bernadette Wegenstein3, Linda Williams4, Mieke Bal5, Karen D. Hoffman6, Jennifer L. McMahon7, Patricia R. Zimmermann8, Erika9, David LaRocca1, :Prof. Carl Plantinga3, William Rothman4 ...

Series series The Philosophy of Popular Culture
The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen studies, cognitive cultural studies, narratology, philosophy, poetics, politics, and political ... Read more

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The spirit that founded the volume and guided its development is radically inter- and transdisciplinary. Dispatches have arrived from anthropology, communications, English, film studies (including theory, history, criticism), literary studies (including theory, history, criticism), media and screen studies, cognitive cultural studies, narratology, philosophy, poetics, politics, and political
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Melville among the Philosophers

by Marilyn Nissim-Sabat, Gary Shapiro, Edward F. Mooney, David LaRocca, Cornel West, Troy A. Jollimore, Jason M. Wirth, Tracy B. Strong, Kris F. Sealey, Eduardo Mendieta ...

For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence through a series of essays that: (1) examine various philosophical contexts for Melville ... Read more

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For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence through a series of essays that: (1) examine various philosophical contexts for Melville
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Emerson's English Traits and the Natural History of Metaphor

by Dr. David LaRocca ...

Metaphors are ubiquitous and yet-or, for that very reason-go largely unseen. We are all variously susceptible to a blindness or blurry vision of metaphors; yet even when they are seen clearly, we are left to situate the ambiguities, conflations and contradictions they regularly present-logically, aesthetically and morally.David LaRocca's book serves as a set of 'reminders' of certain features of ... Read more

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Metaphors are ubiquitous and yet-or, for that very reason-go largely unseen. We are all variously susceptible to a blindness or blurry vision of metaphors; yet even when they are seen clearly, we are left to situate the ambiguities, conflations and contradictions they regularly present-logically, aesthetically and morally.David LaRocca's book serves as a set of 'reminders' of certain features of
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Dark Nature

Anti-Pastoral Essays in American Literature and Culture

by Gina Claywell, Jesse Curran, Sarah Daw, Monika M. Elbert, Isabel Galleymore, Mark Henderson, Joseph Heumann, Elizabeth Kubek, Matthew Masucci, T. Mera Moore Lafferty, Rachel Paparone, Dana Prodoehl, Jennifer Schell, Anette Vandsoe, Frederico Bellini, David LaRocca, Robin Murray ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
In The Ecological Thought, eco-philosopher Timothy Morton has argued for the inclusion of “dark ecology” in our thinking about nature. Dark ecology, he argues, puts hesitation, uncertainty, irony, and thoughtfulness back into ecological thinking.” The ecological thought, he says, should include “negativity and irony, ugliness and horror.” Focusing on this concept of “dark ecology” and its ... Read more

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In The Ecological Thought, eco-philosopher Timothy Morton has argued for the inclusion of “dark ecology” in our thinking about nature. Dark ecology, he argues, puts hesitation, uncertainty, irony, and thoughtfulness back into ecological thinking.” The ecological thought, he says, should include “negativity and irony, ugliness and horror.” Focusing on this concept of “dark ecology” and its
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Music with Stanley Cavell in Mind

Edited by Dr. David LaRocca ...

Why does Stanley Cavell's philosophical thought matter for music? And how did Cavell's musical practice and appreciation of music give shape to his indelible philosophical claims about cinema, human speech, opera, the expression of skepticism, and ordinary language philosophy?Music with Stanley Cavell in Mind provides a first-of-its-kind intervention by leading philosophers and scholars of music ... Read more

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Why does Stanley Cavell's philosophical thought matter for music? And how did Cavell's musical practice and appreciation of music give shape to his indelible philosophical claims about cinema, human speech, opera, the expression of skepticism, and ordinary language philosophy?Music with Stanley Cavell in Mind provides a first-of-its-kind intervention by leading philosophers and scholars of music
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