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  • A Critical Companion to Julie Taymor

    Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
    A Critical Companion to Julie Taymor is the most updated and holistic volume on the director currently published. Situating Taymor’s work within the intersections of story and spectacle, contributors to this collection examine issues of creativity, gender, sexuality, and adaptation by focusing on themes from Taymor’s oeuvre including martyrdom, musicality, fidelity, postmodern representations, ... Leer más

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  • Grief in Contemporary Horror Cinema

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    Series series Research in Horror Studies
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    Series series Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Directors
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