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1	Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism more books like this by M. Keith Booker add to wishlist A uniquely accessible guide to a difficult subject, A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism introduces students to the major trends in contemporary literary theory. Offering the breadth of information of a handbook and the examples of an anthology, it provides an invaluable alternative to the standard collections and shows ... see all copies from £14.91! new only from £52.33! \| first editions
2	Drawn to Television: Prime-Time Animation from the Flintstones to Family Guy more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Prime time animated series have had a profound effect on television and popular culture at large. The characters and motifs from such shows as "The Flintstones" and "The Simpsons" are among the best-known images in world popular culture; and tellingly, even series that have not done well in prime time-series - like The Jetsons, for instance - have ... see all copies from £20.09! new only from £20.09!
3	The Science Fiction Handbook more books like this by M Keith Booker, Anne-Marie Thomas add to wishlist "The Science Fiction Handbook" offers a comprehensive and accessible survey of one of the literary world's most fascinating genres. The book includes separate historical surveys of key subgenres including time-travel narratives, post-apocalyptic and post-disaster narratives and works of utopian and dystopian science fiction. Each subgenre survey ... see all copies from £14.21! new only from £14.21!
4	Modern American Novel of the Left: A Research Guide more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Presents discussions of more than 170 works which survey the evolution of the modern American novel of the Left. In addition, the text reviews critical, historical and theoretical works related to this cultural phenomenon. see all copies from £9.04! new only from £51.09! \| first editions
5	The Post-Utopian Imagination: American Culture in the Long 1950s more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Surveys a wide range of American literature and film of the long 1950s to show that the weak utopian vision of these works is related to the rise of late capitalism and postmodernism. In America, the long 1950s were marked by an intense skepticism toward utopian alternatives to the existing capitalist order. This skepticism was closely related to ... see all copies from £53.01! new only from £53.01!
6	From Box Office to Ballot Box: The American Political Film more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Given the complexity and expense of making and distributing a film, the process of filmmaking is by its very nature also a political process. Moreover, given the power and persuasiveness of the cinema as a medium, film can be a powerful political tool. It should thus come as no surprise that film has had a long and extensive engagement with a ... see all copies from £15.18! new only from £15.18!
7	Film and the American Left: A Research Guide more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist A discussion of more than 260 films that are connected with the culture of the American Left, ranging from "Citizen Cane" to "Apocalypse Now". The entries are arranged chronologically, and include plot summaries and critical examinations of the political implication of the films. see all copies from £12.78! new only from £12.78! \| first editions
8	Rereading Global Socialist Cultures After the Cold War: The Reassessment of a Tradition more books like this by Dubravka Juraga (Editor), M Keith Booker (Editor) add to wishlist Examines a variety of socialist cultural phenomena from China and the Third World to show that Cold War representations of socialism as hostile to artistic expression were misleading. During the Cold War, the West typically represented socialism as a threat to genuine aesthetic achievement. Nonetheless, socialist cultures have produced a rich and ... see all copies from £14.35! new only from £23.98!
9	Ulysses, Capitalism, and Colonialism: Reading Joyce After the Cold War more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist A reassessment of the work of James Joyce, especially "Ulysses", in the light of postcolonial and Marxist literary theory. It explores the influence of Cold War anticommunism on previous readings of Joyce in the West. Focusing on Karl Radek's criticisms of Joyce, the volume begins with a detailed discussion of the rejection of Joyce's writings by ... see all copies from £5.87! new only from £6.38!
10	Red, White, and Spooked: The Supernatural in American Culture more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist This book investigates the hidden truths of some of America's most popular movies and TV programmes. Beginning with John Winthrop's 'city upon a hill' sermon in 1630, American culture has been informed by a sense of its own exceptional nature. As a result, America has always attempted to define itself through a network of invented myths and ... see all copies from £21.26! new only from £24.90! \| first editions
11 view cover	Science Fiction Television more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Science fiction series have remained a staple of American television from its inception: classic programs such as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Star Trek, along with recent and current series including Babylon 5 and Stargate SG-1, have been some of the most enduring and influential of all television shows. In this chronological survey, ... see all copies from £18.07! new only from £24.00! \| first editions
12	Literature and Domination: Sex, Knowledge, and Power in Modern Fiction more books like this by M. Keith Booker add to wishlist This work employs the theoretical resources of cultural critics such as Foucault, Althusser, Adorno and Jameson to examine the treatment of issues of power and domination in modern literature. It draws upon texts such as Virginia Woolf's "The Waves", Nabakov's "Lolita" and Thomas Pynchon's "V". see all copies from £8.42! new only from £52.19!
13 view cover	The Chinua Achebe Encyclopedia more books like this by M Keith Booker (Editor), Professor Simon Gikandi (Foreword by) add to wishlist Several hundred A-Z entries cover Achebe's major works, important characters and settings, key concepts and issues, and more. see all copies from £25.55! new only from £48.76! \| first editions
14 view cover	May Contain Graphic Material: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Film more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Since the first "Superman" film came to the screen in 1978, films adapted from comics have become increasingly prominent. But 1978 was also important because it was the year of release for Will Eisner's "A Contract with God, and Other Stories", generally credited as the first long-form comic book to label itself as a "graphic novel." Since that ... see all copies from £26.25! new only from £26.25! \| first editions
15 view cover	Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema over the past fifty years. Developments in this genre also reflect important developments in American society as a whole, so that a history of science fiction film also serves as a cultural history of America over the past half century. M. Keith ... see all copies from £28.27! new only from £28.27! \| first editions
16 view cover	Colonial Power, Colonial Texts: India in the Modern British Novel more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Explores the British novel of India from Kipling's "Kim" to Farrell's "The Singapore Grip" see all copies from £38.00! new only from £54.91!
17 view cover	Vargas Llosa Among the Postmodernists more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Mario Vargas Llosa's work is marked by technical sophistication and by its alliance with a variety of trends in modern culture. To date, little criticism of his work has made use of the important developments in literary theory in the past two decades. This book aims to do that, analysing Vargas Llosa's place in modern and postmodern criticism. ... see all copies from £16.02! new only from £43.67! \| first editions
18 view cover	The African Novel in English: An Introduction more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist In The African Novel in English Keith Booker uses eight African novels to illustrate the scopes, varieties and the general aesthetic, cultural, and political concerns that have motivated African authors. see all copies from £14.41! new only from £25.62!
19 view cover	Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War: American Science Fiction and the Roots of Postmodernism, 1946-1964 more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist The 1950s are widely regarded as the golden age of American science fiction. This book surveys a wide range of major science fiction novels and films from the long 1950s--the period from 1946 to 1964--when the tensions of the Cold War were at their peak. The American science fiction novels and films of this period clearly reflect Cold War ... see all copies from £62.70! new only from £62.70!
20 view cover	Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: Censorship, Revolution, and Writing A-Z [Three Volumes] more books like this by M Keith Booker (Editor) add to wishlist An overview of the complex relationship between literature and politics From Isabel Allende to Emile Zola and from Shakespeare to Sartre, literary works have often engaged political issues, and many political writings give close attention to literary concerns. The first work of its kind, this 3-volume encyclopedia explores the complex relationship ... see all copies from £97.81! new only from £97.81!
21	Techniques of Subversion in Modern Literature: Transgression, Abjection, and the Carnivalesque more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist In "Techniques of Subversion in Modern Literature", Booker maintains that literary works contribute to genuine social change. When read with "transgressive energy", he says, these works chip away at oppressive political structures and undermine authoritarian ideologies. The hard evidence of such power is the terror with which totalitarian regimes ... see all copies from £26.80! new only from £52.51! \| first editions
22 view cover	Postmodern Hollywood: What's New in Film and Why It Makes Us Feel So Strange more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist Discussions of the phenomenon of postmodernism have established certain characteristics that are typical of postmodernist culture. These characteristics include formal fragmentation, a tendency toward a particular kind of nostalgia, and the use of materials and styles borrowed from previous films and other cultural products. This volume presents a ... see all copies from £38.01! new only from £42.88!
23 view cover	The Modern British Novel of the Left: A Research Guide more books like this by M Keith Booker add to wishlist British leftist novels are best understood as part of a cultural phenomenon that reacts against the mainstream tradition of British literature but also establishes and draws upon traditions of its own. These novels have been produced in a number of modes and subgenres, including realism, modernism, historical novels, detective novels and science ... see all copies from £29.32! new only from £29.32! \| first editions
24 view cover	Socialist Cultures East and West: A Post-Cold War Reassessment more books like this by Dubravka Juraga (Editor), M Keith Booker (Editor) add to wishlist Demonstrates that propagandistic Cold War depictions of socialism as inimical to genuine aesthetic achievement were inaccurate and misleading. Decades of Western Cold War propaganda were designed to depict socialism as inimical to genuine aesthetic acheivement. Now, in the wake of the Cold War, it is becoming possible to reassess the past and ... see all copies from £62.77! new only from £62.77!
25 view cover	Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide more books like this by Keith M Booker, M Keith Booker add to wishlist Dystopian literature - related to utopian writing - depicts the flaws and failures of imaginary societies. This reference profiles and discusses eight significant dystopian works; the rest of the book then lists numerous dystopian novels, films and plays. Entries include short bibliographies. see all copies from £94.56! new only from £94.56!

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