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  • A Philosophy of Cinematic Art

    by Berys Gaut ...
    A Philosophy of Cinematic Art is a systematic study of cinema as an art form, showing how the medium conditions fundamental features of cinematic artworks. It discusses the status of cinema as an art form, whether there is a language of film, realism in cinema, cinematic authorship, intentionalist and constructivist theories of interpretation, cinematic narration, the role of emotions in responses ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Philosophy for Young Children

    A Practical Guide

    by Berys Gaut, Morag Gaut ...
    With this book, any teacher can start teaching philosophy to children today!Co-written by a professor of philosophy and a practising primary school teacher, Philosophy for Young Children is a concise, practical guide for teachers. It contains detailed session plans for 36 philosophical enquiries - enough for a year’s work - that have all been successfully tried, tested and enjoyed with young ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Creativity and Philosophy

    Edited by Berys Gaut, Matthew Kieran ...
    Creativity matters. We want people to be more creative and admire those who are. Yet creativity is deeply puzzling. Just what is it to be creative? Why is it valuable? Who or what can be creative and how?Creativity and Philosophy is an outstanding collection of specially commissioned chapters by leading philosophers who explore these problems and many more. It provides a comprehensive and creative ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics

    Edited by Berys Gaut, Dominic Lopes ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
    The third edition of the acclaimed Routledge Companion to Aesthetics contains over sixty chapters written by leading international scholars covering all aspects of aesthetics.This companion opens with an historical overview of aesthetics including entries on Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Adorno, Benjamin, Foucault, Goodman, and Wollheim. The second part covers the central concepts ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Narrative

    Edited by David Herman ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The Cambridge Companion to Narrative provides a unique and valuable overview of current approaches to narrative study. An international team of experts explores ideas of storytelling and methods of narrative analysis as they have emerged across diverse traditions of inquiry and in connection with a variety of media, from film and television, to storytelling in the 'real-life' contexts of face-to ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Lessons in Perception

    The Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist

    by Paul Taberham ...
    Narrative comprehension, memory, motion, depth perception, synesthesia, hallucination, and dreaming have long been objects of fascination for cognitive psychologists. They have also been among the most potent sources of creative inspiration for experimental filmmakers. Lessons in Perception melds film theory and cognitive science in a stimulating investigation of the work of iconic experimental ... Read more

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  • This Means This, This Means That Second Edition

    A User's Guide to Semiotics

    by Sean Hall ...
    Semiotics is the theory of signs, and reading signs is a part of everyday life: from road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns of fire, to the symbols buried within art and literature. Semiotic theory can, however, appear mysterious and impenetrable. This introductory book decodes that mystery using visual examples instead of abstract theory.This new edition features an expanded ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Studying Comics and Graphic Novels

    by Karin Kukkonen ...
    This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout.Deploys novel cognitive approaches to analyze the importance of psychological and physical aspects of reader experienceCarefully structured to build a sequenced, rounded introduction to the ... Read more

    $26.00 USD

  • Storyworlds across Media

    Toward a Media-Conscious Narratology

    Edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Prof. Jan-Noël Thon ...
    Series series Frontiers of Narrative
    The proliferation of media and their ever-increasing role in our daily life has produced a strong sense that understanding media—everything from oral storytelling, literary narrative, newspapers, and comics to radio, film, TV, and video games—is key to understanding the dynamics of culture and society. Storyworlds across Media explores how media, old and new, give birth to various types of ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Pretentiousness

    Why It Matters: An Essay

    by Dan Fox ...
    Pretentiousness is the engine oil of culture; the essential lubricant in the development of all arts, high, low, or middle.Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that’s making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It’s an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose ... Read more

    $12.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death 24x a Second

    by Laura Mulvey ...
    In Death 24x a Second, Laura Mulvey addresses some of the key questions of film theory, spectatorship and narrative. New media technologies, such as video and DVD, have transformed the way we experience film, and the viewers’ relationship to film image and cinema’s narrative structure has also been fundamentally altered. These technologies give viewers the means to control both image and story, so ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Film Theory

    Creating a Cinematic Grammar

    by Felicity Colman ...
    Series series Short Cuts
    Film Theory addresses the core concepts and arguments created or used by academics, critical film theorists, and filmmakers, including the work of Dudley Andrew, Raymond Bellour, Mary Ann Doane, Miriam Hansen, bell hooks, Siegfried Kracauer, Raul Ruiz, P. Adams Sitney, Bernard Stiegler, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. This volume takes the position that film theory is a form of writing that produces a ... Read more

    $19.99 USD