A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg

Herausgeber: Barkman, Adam; Sanna, Antonio

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Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of all the works of Steven Spielberg is written by some of the top scholars working in fields ranging from philosophy and art to history and film studies. The chapters illuminate for scholars and fans the entire artistic career of Steven Spielberg.

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Produktdetails

• Critical Companions to Contemporary Directors
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781498593618
• ISBN-10: 1498593615
• Artikelnr.: 63302196

Autorenporträt

Adam Barkman is professor of philosophy and chair of the Philosophy Department at Redeemer University College. Antonio Sanna teaches English language and literature in Sassari, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Artist and Philosopher
Chapter 1: "One of the Phenomenal Debut Films in the History of Movies":
The Sugarland Express as Expression of Spielberg's 'Movie Sense' and as
Contribution to a Genre Cycle, David LaRocca
Chapter 2: Adapting Objects: Spielberg and the Art of Making Strange, Paul
Johnson
Chapter 3: Fear and Wonder: The Lived-Body Experience of Spielberg's
Cinema, Adam Daniel
Chapter 4: Galloping into the Jaws of Death: The Psychology of Animal
Symbolism in Jaws and War Horse, Jennifer L. McMahon
Chapter 5: A Million Light Years from Home: Spielberg's Extraterrestrials,
Transhumanism, and Constructions of Alterity, Elizabeth Lowry
Chapter 6: Of Children and Redrums: The Influence of Stanley Kubrick on
A.I. and Minority Report, Elsa Colombani
Part II: The Dreamer
Chapter 7: Poiesis and Miracles: From Something Evil to "The Mission,"
Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Mariana Soledad Zárate, and Eduardo Veteri
Chapter 8: Deus ex Machina: Spielberg's Fantastic Visions of Tragedy and
Grace, Joshua Sikora
Chapter 9: A Modern Pythia: The Oracle in Minority Report, Sabine Planka
Chapter 10: The Politics of Nostalgia: Reconstructing Epic Heroism in
Spielberg's Amblin' and Always, Christian Jimenez
Chapter 11: Piracy, Boy Heroes, and the Importance of Playing the Game in
Spielberg's Hook and The Adventures of Tintin, Sue Matheson
Chapter 12: Categorizing E.T., Christopher H. Ketcham
Part III: The Historian
Chapter 13: "I Thought You Were an American": Spielberg, 1941, and Saving
Private Ryan, Sean O'Reilly
Chapter 14: Testimonies of the Past: Spielberg's Moral Exploration of
Racial Discrimination," Michael Versteeg
Chapter 15: Writing Postmodern Histories in Hollywood: The Portrayal of the
Male Characters in Catch Me If You Can, Bridge of Spies, and The Post,
Orsolya Karacsony
Chapter 16: Dignified Professor and Intrepid Adventurer: Two Facets of
Indiana Jones, Carl Sobocinski
Chapter 17: "We Spared No Expense": Practical Utopias in Jurassic Park, The
Terminal, and Ready Player One," Carl Sweeney
Chapter 18: Trivialization, Displacement, and Historical Amnesia: The Work
of Innocence and Embrace in Empire of the Sun and War of the Worlds, Naaman
K. Wood and David J. Strickler