Thriving on a Riff

Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film
$24.95
Paperback, Dec 2008
ISBN13: 9780195337099ISBN10: 0195337093
Distinguished contributors explore the contributons of jazz to African American letters


Victorian Soundscapes

$50.00
Paperback, Aug 2003
ISBN13: 9780195151916ISBN10: 0195151917
"Picker is suggestive, intelligent and insightful.... There are enough fine chords struck and suggestions made so his own soundscape keeps resonating after the book is closed."-- Edward Rothstein, The New York Times


The Songs of Hollywood

$35.00
Hardback, Mar 2010
ISBN13: 9780195337082ISBN10: 0195337085
The fascinating story of how songs have been presented in film, from the earliest "talkies" to the present


The Imperial Trace

Recent Russian Cinema
$26.95
Paperback, Mar 2009
ISBN13: 9780195366969ISBN10: 0195366964
Condee uses contemporary cinema to make sense of contemporary Russian culture


A Song in the Dark

The Birth of the Musical Film
Second Edition
$27.95
Paperback, Oct 2009
ISBN13: 9780195377347ISBN10: 0195377346
Extensively revised, meticulously researched, and more witty and insightful than ever, the new edition of this award-winning book pays fitting tribute to this most turbulent era in the history of movie musicals


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