Keith R Booker

Superpower: Heroes, Ghosts, and the Paranormal in American Culture (Extraordinary World)

Supernatural and superhuman elements have been prominent in American culture from the time of the New England Puritans’ intense emphasis on religion. Superpower surveys the appearance of supernatural and superhuman elements in American culture, focusing on the American fascination with narratives in...

Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism

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 alte...

Techniques of Subversion in Modern Literature: Transgression, Abjection, and the Carnivalesque

Mario Vargas Llosa is one of the world's most respected and widely read living writers. His 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 African Novel in English (Studies in African Literature (Paperback))

The rise to global prominence of African literature, and particularly of the African novel, is one of the most vital and dynamic developments in contemporary world culture. In his book, Keith Booker provides an introduction to eight African novels written in English. The novels Booker examines inclu...

Alfa Romeo Giulia Spider: The Essential Buyer's Guide

Buying a car is an expensive business and mistakes can prove costly. Wouldn't it be great if you could take an expert with you? With the aid of this book's step-by-step guidance from a marque specialist, you can! The unique points system will help to place the car's value in relation to condition wh...

Mad Men: A Cultural History (The Cultural History of Television)

From the opening credits that feature a silhouette falling among skyscrapers, Mad Men transcended its role as a series about the Madison Avenue advertising industry to become a modern classic. For seven seasons, Mad Men asked viewers to contemplate the 1960s anew, reassessing the tumultuous era’s st...

Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film and American Culture

For more than 50 years, science fiction films have been among the most important and successful products of American cinema, and are worthy of study for that reason alone. On a deeper level, the genre has reflected important themes, concerns and developments in American society, so that a history of...

Monsters, Mushroom Clouds, and the Cold War: American Science Fiction and the Roots of Postmodernism, 1946-1964 (Bibliographies and Indexes in American History)

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...

From Box Office to Ballot Box: The American Political Film

Critical Essays on Salman Rushdie

Critical Essays on Salman Rushdie

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