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John Mercer,Martin Shingler: Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility
Author: John Mercer,Martin Shingler
Number of Pages: 134 pages
Published Date: 19 Jan 2005
Publisher: WALLFLOWER PRESS
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9781904764021
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“Melodrama: Genre, Style and Sensibility” is designed as an accessible overview of one of the most popular genres at undergraduate Film Studies. The book identifies three distinct but connected concepts through which it is possible to make sense of melodrama; either as a genre, originating in European theatre of the 18th and 19th century, as a specific cinematic style, epitomised by the work of Douglas Sirk or as a sensibility that emerges in the context of specific texts, speaking to and reflecting the desires, concerns and anxieties of audiences. Films discussed include “All That Heaven Allows, Safe, Fear Eats the Soul, Black Narcissus, Suddenly Last Summer” and “Rebel Without a Cause.” Each chapter includes overviews of key essays, analyses of significant and widely studied films and includes an annotated reading list.
The books of Jeremiah and Lamentations cannot be separated from the political conditions of ancient Judah. Beginning with the righteous king Josiah, who ushered in a time of glorious but brief religious reform, Jeremiah reflects the close tie between spiritual and political prosperity or disaster, between the actions and heart of Judah and her kings and their fortunes as a nation. While few of us today have any firsthand understanding of what it means to live in a theocracy, the central theme of Jeremiah and Lamentations remains clear and still holds true: God first, politics second. The words, prayers, and poems of “the weeping prophet” serve to realign us with God’s priorities, turning us from evil and encouraging us to pursue God and his ways. With emotion and Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy ebook pdf spiritual depth, these prophetic writings beckon us toward a spiritual integrity that can still affect the course of individuals and nations today. Most Bible commentaries take us on a one-way trip from our world to the world of the Bible. But they leave us there, assuming that we can somehow make the return journey on our own.
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