After a century of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognised as a form that deserves serious critical attention in both film and literary studies. This book is the first to combine detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to the critical analysis of th[...]
Today's Hollywood screenplays have a uniform appearance, but it has not always been this way. The earliest film writing used theatrical plays and prose fiction as models, and the silent cinemas of Germany, Russia and the United States all developed their own traditions, culminating in the unique 'sc[...]
Presents students the tools and skills to apply economic principles to the world around them. This title offers coverage of traditional topics of intermediate price theory as well as emerging issues, such as the economics of information.[...]
A bundle of laughs collected from the cream of spoken and written foolishness.
A compendium of human wisdom culled from the world's celebrated--and anonymous --minds, from Confucius and Shakespeare to Maya Angelou and Woody Allen.
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