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Melodrama is the foundation of American cinema. It is, however, a poorly understood term. While it is a pervasive and persuasive dramatic mode, it is not tied t
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This is the first English-language collection on this innovative director, exploring Tulio's unique style and the extent and effect of his obsessive recirculati
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Time, Tide and History: Eleanor Dark’s Fiction is the first book-length edited collection of scholarly essays to treat the full span of Eleanor Dark’s ficti