Film Genre Reader IV

Film Genre Reader IV
Author :
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Total Pages : 785
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780292745742
ISBN-13 : 0292745745
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Film Genre Reader IV by : Barry Keith Grant

Download or read book Film Genre Reader IV written by Barry Keith Grant and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From reviews of the third edition: “Film Genre Reader III lives up to the high expectations set by its predecessors, providing an accessible and relatively comprehensive look at genre studies. The anthology’s consideration of the advantages and challenges of genre studies, as well as its inclusion of various film genres and methodological approaches, presents a pedagogically useful overview.” —Scope Since 1986, Film Genre Reader has been the standard reference and classroom text for the study of genre in film, with more than 25,000 copies sold. Barry Keith Grant has again revised and updated the book to reflect the most recent developments in genre study. This fourth edition adds new essays on genre definition and cycles, action movies, science fiction, and heritage films, along with a comprehensive and updated bibliography. The volume includes more than thirty essays by some of film’s most distinguished critics and scholars of popular cinema, including Charles Ramírez Berg, John G. Cawelti, Celestino Deleyto, David Desser, Thomas Elsaesser, Steve Neale, Thomas Schatz, Paul Schrader, Vivian Sobchack, Janet Staiger, Linda Williams, and Robin Wood.


Film Genre Reader IV Related Books

Film Genre Reader IV
Language: en
Pages: 785
Authors: Barry Keith Grant
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-12-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From reviews of the third edition: “Film Genre Reader III lives up to the high expectations set by its predecessors, providing an accessible and relatively co
The Dread of Difference
Language: en
Pages: 558
Authors: Barry Keith Grant
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-04-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“The Dread of Difference is a classic. Few film studies texts have been so widely read and so influential. It’s rarely on the shelf at my university library
Robin Wood on the Horror Film
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: Robin Wood
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-12 - Publisher: Wayne State University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Robin Wood’s writing on the horror film, published over five decades, collected in one volume. Robin Wood—one of the foremost critics of cinema—has laid t
Auteurs and Authorship
Language: en
Pages: 354
Authors: Barry Keith Grant
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-02-11 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader offers students an introductory and comprehensive view of perhaps the most central concept in film studies. This unique an
House of Psychotic Women
Language: en
Pages: 1357
Authors: Kier-La Janisse
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-01-09 - Publisher: SCB Distributors

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Cinema is full of neurotic personalities, but few things are more transfixing than a woman losing her mind onscreen. Horror as a genre provides the most welcomi