R. Barton Palmer

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Allegory and the Poetic Self

First-Person Narration in Late Medieval Literature

University Press of Florida
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Thinking in the Dark

Cinema, Theory, Practice

Rutgers University Press

Thinking in the Dark introduces readers to twenty-one key theorists whose work has made the greatest impact on film scholarship today, including everyone from Sergei Eisenstein to Michel Foucault, from Judith Butler to André Bazin. Each chapter is written by an expert who explains a different theorist’s key ideas, then gives concrete examples of how they might be applied to both a classic film and a contemporary one. Ideal for teachers and students of film as well as contemporary and modern philosophy, critical theory and semotics, also of interest to the general reader exploring such topics.

  • Copyright year: 2015
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Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town

Rutgers University Press

The first intensive study of Mervyn LeRoy’s work, as varied in form as it is crucial to an understanding of American cinema and American culture.

  • Copyright year: 2025
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Larger Than Life

Movie Stars of the 1950s

Edited by R. Barton Palmer; Introduction by R. Barton Palmer
Rutgers University Press

Larger Than Life offers a comprehensive view of the star system in 1950s Hollywood and also in-depth discussions of the decade's major stars, including Montgomery Clift, Judy Holliday, Jerry Lewis, James Mason, Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Jayne Mansfield, and Audrey Hepburn.

  • Copyright year: 2010
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Machaut's Legacy

The Judgment Poetry Tradition in the Later Middle Ages and Beyond

University Press of Florida
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