The Oxford Companion to Film

The Oxford Companion to Film

Author: Liz-Anne Bawden

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13:

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World-wide in scope and covering all aspects of film from "AA" certificate and Bud Abbott to Zoom, Zorro and Andre Zvoboda the Companion ranges from silent movies and the beginnings of film to the mid 1970's and includes a wide array of information


The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States

The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States

Author: Kermit L. Hall

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2005-05-19

Total Pages: 1270

ISBN-13: 0199725357

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The Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history over the thirteen years since publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Two new justices have joined the high court, more than 800 cases have been decided, and a good deal of new scholarship has appeared on many of the topics treated in the Companion. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, and the Court as a whole played a decisive and controversial role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. Under Rehnquists's leadership, a bare majority of the justices have rewritten significant areas of the law dealing with federalism, sovereign immunity, and the commerce power. This new edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused. These developments make the second edition of this accessible and authoritative guide essential for judges, lawyers, academics, journalists, and anyone interested in the impact of the Court's decisions on American society.


The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales

Author: Jack David Zipes

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 601

ISBN-13: 9780198605096

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Essays discuss the history and development of fairy tales in cultures from all over the world and throughout history, including adaptation for film, art, opera, ballet, music, and commercial use.


The Oxford Companion to Beer

The Oxford Companion to Beer

Author: Garrett Oliver

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 962

ISBN-13: 0195367138

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"The first major reference work to investigate the history and vast scope of beer, The Oxford Companion to Beer features more than 1,100 A-Z entries written by 166 of the world's most prominent beer experts"-- Provided by publisher.


The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing

The Oxford Companion to Crime and Mystery Writing

Author: Rosemary Herbert

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 535

ISBN-13: 9780195072396

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"Entertaining and authoritative, this alphabetically arranged companion is an indispensable reference guide to crime and mystery writing. Unique in its biographical and critical treatment of major detective writers, it is a comprehensive digest to the gen


The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies

Author: Thomas M. Leitch

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 785

ISBN-13: 0199331006

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This collection of forty new essays, written by the leading scholars in adaptation studies and distinguished contributors from outside the field, is the most comprehensive volume on adaptation ever published. Written to appeal alike to specialists in adaptation, scholars in allied fields, and general readers, it hearkens back to the foundations of adaptation studies a century and more ago, surveys its ferment of activity over the past twenty years, and looks forward to the future. It considers the very different problems in adapting the classics, from the Bible to Frankenstein to Philip Roth, and the commons, from online mashups and remixes to adult movies. It surveys a dizzying range of adaptations around the world, from Latin American telenovelas to Czech cinema, from Hong Kong comics to Classics Illustrated, from Bollywood to zombies, and explores the ways media as different as radio, opera, popular song, and videogames have handled adaptation. Going still further, it examines the relations between adaptation and such intertextual practices as translation, illustration, prequels, sequels, remakes, intermediality, and transmediality. The volume's contributors consider the similarities and differences between adaptation and history, adaptation and performance, adaptation and revision, and textual and biological adaptation, casting an appreciative but critical eye on the theory and practice of adaptation scholars--and, occasionally, each other. The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies offers specific suggestions for how to read, teach, create, and write about adaptations in order to prepare for a world in which adaptation, already ubiquitous, is likely to become ever more important.


A Companion to Film Theory

A Companion to Film Theory

Author: Toby Miller

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2004-05-21

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780631206453

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This volume of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Its international and interdisciplinary approach will have a broad appeal to those interested in this multifaceted subject. Provides a major collection of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies. Represents material under a variety of headings, including class, race, gender, queer theory, nation, stars, ethnography, authorship, and spectatorship. Offers an international approach to the subject, including coverage of topics such as genre, image, sound, editing, culture industries, early cinema, classical Hollywood, and TV relations and technology. Includes concise chapter-by-chapter accounts of the background and current approaches to each topic, followed by a prognostication on the future. Considers cinema studies in relation to other forms of knowledge, such as critical studies, anthropology, and literature.


The Oxford Companion to J.M.W. Turner

The Oxford Companion to J.M.W. Turner

Author: Martin Butlin

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 9780198600251

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Offers entries on the life and times of the British painter, the landscapes depicted in his works, his patrons and associates, and the value of his work on the art market, along with studies of individual paintings.


The Oxford Companion to Chess

The Oxford Companion to Chess

Author: David Hooper

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13:

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This newly revised edition, by former British Correspondence Chess Chanpion David Hooper, has been called one of the most readable and useful chess reference books available. More than 2,500 entries cover subjects from named openings and strategies to computers and theatre. Illustrated with over 500 chess diagrams, this book will appeal to chess players of all levels.