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The Birth of the American Horror Film 9781474430876

Explains how the American horror movie came into existence Although early cinema has long been a key area of research i

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1921, Germany: Birth of the First Man-Made UFO.

Extraterrestrials Messages to Maria Orsic in Ana'kh Aldebaran Script to Build the Vril. 1921, Germany: Birth of the

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A Companion to Film Comedy

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The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery 9780307419453, 2005045723, 0307419452

When Robert Louis Stevenson wrote his gothic horror story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he based the house of the genial d

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Bonnie and Clyde 9781838712587, 9780851708164

Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967) scandalised mainstream popular opinion. Part of an emerging youth and protest movem

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The Odd Man Karakozov: Imperial Russia, Modernity, and the Birth of Terrorism 9780801460289

On April 4, 1866, just as Alexander II stepped out of Saint Petersburg's Summer Garden and onto the boulevard, a yo

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The Comedy and Tragedy of Machiavelli 9780300147940

 The Italian statesman and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli, well known as the author of The Prince, wrote not onl

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Birth of the State

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Film and Fairy Tales: The Birth of Modern Fantasy 9780755693917, 9781780762517

Far from a realm of pure fantasy helping people to escape harsh realities, fairy tales and the films that rooted themsel

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Laughing Matters: Understanding Film, Television and Radio Comedy 0719083141, 9780719083143

Laughing Matters is an undergraduate level textbook taking an analytic approach to film, television and radio comedy, pr

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