The Club Dumas
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2006
ISBN : 9780156032834
Pages : 372 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (328 users)
Lucas Corso's search for the original copy of a book of the occult takes him from Madrid to Paris and into a secret society of antiquarians.Read More
The Club Dumas
Publisher : HarperCollins
Release Date : 2006-05-01
ISBN : 0547538189
Pages : 368 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (475 users)
#1 International Bestseller"A thriller of marvelous intricacy" (The New York Times Book Review), The Club Dumas is a provocative literary thriller that playfully pays tribute to classic tales of mysteRead More
Digital Fandom
Publisher : Peter Lang
Release Date : 2010
ISBN : 9781433110702
Pages : 254 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (17 users)
"This book re-evaluates the way we examine today's digital media environment By looking at how popular culture uses different digital technologies, Digital Fandom bolsters contemporary media theory byRead More
Literary Depictions of Dangerous Reading
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-04-15
ISBN : 1498563724
Pages : 210 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (985 users)
This book explores how American and European books represent reading as a dangerous act. It studies works that stage depictions of reading in such a way that readers suffer actual harm from the magicaRead More
Now a Terrifying Motion Picture!
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2014-01-10
ISBN : 078648957X
Pages : 235 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (864 users)
This work explores the relationship between twenty-five enduring works of horror literature and the classic films that have been adapted from them. Each chapter delves into the historical and culturalRead More
Lux in Tenebris
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2016-11-28
ISBN : 9004334955
Pages : 516 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (43 users)
The eighteen original interdisciplinary essays in Lux in Tenebris explore the alchemical, magical, kabbalistic, rosicrucian and theosophical verbal and visual symbolism in the history of Western EsoteRead More
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Publisher : Tamesis Books
Release Date : 2007
ISBN : 9781855661509
Pages : 196 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (615 users)
The writings of Arturo Pérez-Reverte, one of Spain's most renowned contemporary authors, have been described as a minefield. This monograph examines the complexities behind the narrative technique emRead More
El Club Dumas
Publisher : Santillana USA Publishing Company Incorporated
Release Date : 2000-02
ISBN : 9789681903862
Pages : 508 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (38 users)
Lucas Corso is a bibliophilic mercenary in the middle to two searches. He needs to prove if a manuscript of The Three Musketeers is genuine. He must also find the solution to the enigma of a diabolic Read More
Bibliophiles, Murderous Bookmen, and Mad Librarians
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2022-03-01
ISBN : 1487542380
Pages : 320 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (875 users)
The word "bibliophilia" indicates a love of books, both as texts to be read and objects to be cherished for their physical qualities. Throughout the history of Iberian print culture, bibliophiles haveRead More
Focus On: 100 Most Popular Spanish-language Films
Publisher : e-artnow sro
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Pages : 1068 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( users)
Focus On: 100 Most Popular French-language Films
Publisher : e-artnow sro
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Pages : 1230 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( users)
Madness and Irrationality in Spanish and Latin American Literature and Culture
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Release Date : 2020-06-01
ISBN : 1786835770
Pages : 272 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (868 users)
This is the first monograph to consider the significance of madness and irrationality in both Spanish and Spanish American literature. It considers various definitions of ‘madness’ and explores thRead More
Contemporary Spanish Gothic
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Release Date : 2016-10-27
ISBN : 1474417922
Pages : 208 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (744 users)
Examines Spain's contribution to international interest in Gothic culture, film and literatureWith the success of novels such as The Shadow of the Wind and films like The Others, contemporary Spanish Read More
The Devil on Screen
Publisher : McFarland
Release Date : 2010-07-01
ISBN : 0786446994
Pages : 344 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (864 users)
The Devil has been represented in many film genres, including horror, comedy, the musical, fantasy, satire, drama, and the religious epic, and in these works has assumed many shapes and forms. This boRead More
The History of the National Association of Colored Women’S Clubs, Inc.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2012-11-30
ISBN : 1479722650
Pages : 659 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (797 users)
The History of the National Association of Colored Womens Clubs, Inc., Edited by LaVonne Jackson Leslie With a new introduction by the editor In highlighting the history of the oldest black womens orgRead More
Investigating Identities
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2009-01-01
ISBN : 904202917X
Pages : 360 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (42 users)
Investigating Identities: Questions of Identity in Contemporary International Crime Fiction is one of the relatively few books to date which adopts a comparative approach to the study of the genre. ThRead More
Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-01-01
ISBN : 1408103540
Pages : 544 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (81 users)
Deciding what to read next when you've just finished an unputdownable novel can be a daunting task. The Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide features hundreds of authors and thousands of titles, with navigatRead More
Milton on Film
Publisher : Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-04-06
ISBN : 027109351X
Pages : 431 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (71 users)
In January 2012, shooting was set to begin in Sydney, Australia, on the Hollywood-backed production of Milton’s Paradise Lost, with Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper cast as Satan. Yet just two weeks befRead More
The Devil Notebooks
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2008
ISBN : 0816650519
Pages : 397 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (166 users)
Milton's Paradise Lost. Goethe's Faust. Aaron Spelling's Satan's School for Girls? Laurence A. Rickels scours the canon and pop culture in this all-encompassing study on the Devil. Continuing the workRead More
Grimm Ripples: The Legacy of the Grimms’ Deutsche Sagen in Northern Europe
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2022-04-04
ISBN : 9004511644
Pages : 609 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (45 users)
This book sheds new light on the key role played by the Grimms’ Deutsche Sagen in the collection of folklore an d the creation of national culture in Northern Europe.Read More
