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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 3
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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"The radio soap opera was a particularly American form of art, and although it only existed and thrived from 1925 to 1960, it has never been forgotten by its tens of millions of faithful listeners. In addition to being an integral part of popular culture, the soap opera had important commercial aspects that were related not only to their production, but also to the desperate need to sell products or perish. Both sides of this story are examined in...
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Publisher
Scarecrow
Pub. Date
c2005
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English
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"Whether it was Jane Campion's The Piano, Mad Max with Mel Gibson, Crocodile Dundee with Paul Hogan, or The Lord of the Rings, we have all experienced the cinema of Australia and New Zealand. Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema is an introduction and guide to the films of these countries. Although more scholarly than a cinema or fan magazine, it covers some of the same ground, with entries on exceptional producers, directors,...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 5
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2005
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English
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"Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic worked, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in the Western world by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace." "This Historical...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 7
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
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"From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters, Historical Dictionary of African-American Television covers it all. The introduction traces the difficult journey African-American performers faced while advancing to the present, more satisfactory situation, and a chronology details the notable people and events along the way. The dictionary includes hundreds of entries on many different genres, including animation, documentaries, sit-coms,...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 8
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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"While lesbian literature can trace its name back to the Greek poet Sappho, who was born on the Island of Lesbos in 630 B.C., it wasn't until the past century that the genre gained significant popularity. More lesbian poems, novels, plays, and reference sources have been produced during the last one hundred years than during all the previous centuries put together."
"This Historical Dictionary of Lesbian Literature serves two primary functions: to...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 13
Language
English
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Nearly all religious traditions have reserved a special place for sacred music. Whether it is music accompanying a ritual or purely for devotional purposes, music composed for entire congregations or for the trained soloist, or music set to holy words or purely instrumental, in some form or another, music is present. In fact, in some traditions the relation between the music and the ritual is so intimate that to distinguish between them would be inaccurate....
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 12
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 19
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 14
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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This reference work provides information on Russian popular plays and Russian playwrights and offers details about many people, works, and phenomena omitted from standard encyclopedias. Through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, an appendix, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on directors, stage designers, actors, plays, playwrights, concepts, theater buildings, and troupes, this book provides an account of Russian...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 23
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 29
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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"Architecture, which can be understood in its most basic sense as a form of enclosure created with an aesthetic intent, first made its appearance in the Prehistoric Age. From its earliest developments, architecture changed over time and in different cultures in response to changing cultural needs, aesthetic interests, materials, and techniques." "The Historical Dictionary of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright,...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 25
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 20
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 26
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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"When the earliest filmgoers watched The Great Train Robbery in 1903, many of them shrieked in terror at the very last clip when one of the outlaws turns directly toward the camera and fires a gun, seemingly, directly at the audience. The puff of smoke was sudden and it was hand colored so that it looked real. Today, we can look back at that primitive movie and see all the elements of what would evolve into the Western genre. Perhaps it is the Western's...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 34
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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"Historical Dictionary of Animation and Cartoons is an introduction to all aspects of animation history and its development as a technology and industry beyond the familiar cartoons from Disney and Warner Bros. studios. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, photos, a bibliography, and more than 200 cross-referenced dictionary entries on animators, directors, studios, techniques, films, and many of the best-known characters."--Jacket....
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 42
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Beginning in the 1580s and ending as late as 1750 in some Northern European regions, the Baroque artistic era began as an artistic recoil to the stylizations of Mannerist art and as a means of implementation of the demands of the Counter-Reformation Church that sought to restore its religious preeminence in the Western world in the face of the Protestant threat. As a result, Rome, the seat of the papacy, became the cradle of Baroque art, and masters...
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Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts volume no. 46
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Overview: Children's literature comes from a number of different sources-folklore (folk- and fairy tales), books originally for adults and subsequently adapted for children, and material authored specifically for them-and its audience ranges from infants through middle graders to young adults (readers from about 12 to 18 years old). Its forms include picture books, pop-up books, anthologies, novels, merchandising tie-ins, novelizations, and multimedia...