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Palmer clearly states that his purpose is to explain 1the ways of critics to theatre practitioners, the ways of theatre to inexperienced reviewers, and the dynamic convergence of theatre and critic to anyone interested in theatre.' .

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Biographical information on the most notable figures in the development of American Delsartism is presented along with a discussion of the spread of Delsartism throughout the United States and to Germany.

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(Hardback)

Offers a view of opera buffa in the theatrical world of late-eighteenth-century Vienna. This book attributes opera buffa's success to its ability to provide 'sheer' pleasure and hence explores how the genre functioned as entertainment. It shows how the arias and ensembles convey a multifaceted picture of the repertory's social values and habits.

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Now completely updated: The essential guide to everything jazz and blues in more than 25 American cities

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"Invoking key concepts from the philosophical writings of Gilles Deleuze and Giorgio Agamben, The Dark Interval examines an iconography of radical passivity and temporal rupture that recurs in film noir, while examining the emergence of a specific cinematic figure - the 'intervallic' noir protagonist exposed to the redemptive force of his or her own passion"--

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(Paperback, 7th edition)

A revised and updated edition of the definitive study of film noir--the most original genre of American cinema--with a new epilogue by the author.

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This book seeks to bring to life the prolonged dawning of American drama, to outline America's continued quest for a national drama and theatre, and to provide a survey of the development of dramatic criticism in the United States.

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The volume concludes with a bibliography of literature on the subject and music editions and with indexes of names, titles, and subjects.

The specialized focus of this account supplements the more general histories of early American music.

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"Discusses improvised rock and DIY labels stretching from Dunedin, the tiny centre of New Zealand pop and rock, to Europe and the US through The Dead C's Clyma est mort album"--

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Through its Decca 5000 series of the 1930s and 1940s, the American Decca recording company became the most influential record label in the burgeoning hillbilly music category, the forerunner of today's country and western music.

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"The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays on Art, Culture and Literature".

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This book traces the rise and development of the blues both in relation to other forms of black music and in the context of American social history as experienced by African Americans.

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A presentation of Charlie Parker's ten sessions, recorded with Dial, which includes the repertory, original issues and reissues, titles and notated transcriptions, and analyses of performances.

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(Paperback)

While many books have addressed visual effects in Hollywood cinema, The Digitization of Cinematic Visual Effects: Hollywoods Coming of Age, by Rama Venkatasawmy, fills an important gap in cinematic analysis and film history by providing a periodization and techno-historical account of visual effects in Hollywood cinema.

(Paperback, NIPPOD)

Linguistic investigation of the dialogue of Italian cinema, using concepts and methodologies from pragmatics, conversation analysis and discourse analysis.

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Includes a linguistic investigation of the dialogue of Italian cinema, using concepts and methodologies from pragmatics, conversation analysis and discourse analysis. This book is a linguistic investigation of the dialogue of Italian cinema covering a selection of films from the 1950s onwards.

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(Paperback, 2nd edition)

Introduces the world of low-budget, DIY documentary filmmaking. This book features incisive and helpful interviews with dozens of industry professionals, on subjects as diverse as interview techniques, the NBC News Archive, music rights, setting up your own company, camera hire, filmmaking ethics, and online marketing and distribution.