The first academic explanation for how spectators use their imaginations as part of the experience and appreciation of popular fantasy filmmaking.2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleShortlisted for the 2022 Best First Monograph Award presented by the British Association of Film, Television and Screen StudiesHollywood fantasy cinema is responsible for some of the most lucr...

Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign: A Book of Appreciations presents a rich tapestry of narratives woven by some of the most ingenious women writers from the Victorian era. This collection encapsulates a broad spectrum of literary styles and themes, from the moral rectitude of Victorian society to the challenges of personal ambition and social mobility. The anthology showcases the diversity and depth of Victorian women's writing, with standout pieces that challenge, illuminate, and ...

Die Hauptmannstochter erzählt in der Ich-Perspektive die Reifung des jungen Adligen Pjotr Grinjow, der in die unwirtliche Orenburger Steppe versetzt wird und dort der entschlossenen Mascha Mironowa begegnet. Vor dem Hintergrund des Pugatschow-Aufstands (1773–1775) kollidieren Standesehre, Loyalität und Überleben; der Usurpator erscheint nicht als Monstrum, sondern als ambivalente Gestalt, die Barmherzigkeit übt und Gesetz bricht. Puschkin verbindet lakonische, klassizistisch geschulte Pros...

The effect produced upon the general mind by the appearance of Charlotte Brontë in literature, and afterwards by the record of her life when that was over, is one which it is nowadays somewhat difficult to understand. Had the age been deficient in the art of fiction, or had it followed any long level of mediocrity in that art, we could have comprehended this more easily. But Charlotte Brontë appeared in the full flush of a period more richly endowed than any other we know of in that specia...

On the eve of the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of the war in Europe, Larry Alexander returns to the very battlefields that made Easy Company a legend. Accompanied by Easy veteran Sgt. Forrest Guth on his final tour, Alexander crosses an ocean and a continent to follow the path to victory taken by the famed Band of Brothers, exploring the living history of the places where they went into action and revealing what makes their story so meaningful for us to this day.Part travelog...

This book examines the relationship that exists between fantasy cinema and the medium of animation. Animation has played a key role in defining our collective expectations and experiences of fantasy cinema, just as fantasy storytelling has often served as inspiration for our most popular animated film and television. Bringing together contributions from world-renowned film and media scholars, Fantasy/Animation considers the various historical, theoretical, and cultural ramificatio...