Описание: The 21st century is a good time to be Sherlock Holmes. He stars in the recent Guy Ritchie films, with Robert Downey, Jr., playing the great detective; an internationally popular BBC television series, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock; a novel sanctioned by the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate; and dozens of additional novels and short stories, including two by Neil Gaiman. Add to this video games, comic books, and fan-created works, plus a potent Internet and social media presence. Holmes' London has even become a prime destination for cinematic tourists. The evidence is clearly laid out in this collection of 14 new essays: Holmes and Watson are more popular than ever. Why we continue to be fascinated with them is the overall topic. The genius detective has been portrayed as hero as well as antihero. Adaptations describe him as tech savvy, scientifically detached, even psychologically aberrant; he has been romantically linked to The Woman and bromantically to Watson. Whether Victorian or modern, he continues to intrigue us. These essays analyze Sherlock Holmes as a cultural icon and explain why he is destined to be a beloved if controversial character for years to come.
Автор: Philip K. Groom,Byron Lamont Название: Plant Life of Southwestern Australia: Adaptations for Survival ISBN: 3110370166 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783110370164 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Рейтинг: Цена: 22305.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The southwestern Australian flora is unique in the world, not only for its biodiversity and endemism, but also for its functional biodiversity. It also contains the world’s most nutrient-impoverished soils, has a prolonged-summer period and the vegetation is extremely fire-prone. These conditions have engendered an array of survival adaptations that have evolved in these harsh conditions across a diverse range of species. It is well recognised that the southwest flora has the toughest and most spiny vegetation of the world, the greatest number of species that store their seeds in woody fruits, and the most specialised means of obtaining limited soil nutrients and water.This book focuses on the survival mechanisms, adaptations and ecology of the unique Southwest Australian flora (restricted here to flowering plants). The book begins with an examination of how the flora has evolved into the present forms. It describes further in detail the adaptive responses of the flora to the main environmental pressures influencing survival - fire, summer drought, nutrient-impoverished soils, pollination and seed dispersal agents. Specialised responses to obtain essential nutrients are presented in three chapters – carnivorous plants, parasitic plants and specialised roots. An entire chapter is devoted to leaves, with an insight into how leaves may assist in protecting flowers and fruits from herbivores and seed-eaters. The book provides an ecological perspective on how the flora has evolved complex strategies to ensure species survival in the relatively harsh seasonal climate of a Mediterranean-type ecosystem.
Описание: Spectral Shakespeares is an illuminating exploration of recent, experimental adaptations of Shakespeare on film, TV, and the web.
Автор: Smith Iain Robert Название: Hollywood Meme: Transnational Adaptations in World Cinema ISBN: 0748677461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780748677467 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 19272.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents the uncharted history of Hollywood reworkings from a Turkish Star Trek to a Bollywood Godfather. This book examines the global phenomenon of unlicensed film adaptations of American popular culture. It offers a methodology for studying film adaptation building upon Richard Dawkins` concept of the `meme`.
Автор: Kyle Meikle Название: Adaptations in the Franchise Era: 2001-16 ISBN: 1501318713 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501318719 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 17345.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Adaptations in the Franchise Era re-evaluates adaptation's place in a popular culture marked by the movement of content and audiences across more media borders than ever before. While adaptation has historically been understood as the transfer of stories from one medium to another-more often than not, from novel to film-the growing interconnectedness of media and media industries in the early twenty-first century raises new questions about the form and function of adaptation as both a product and a process. Where does adaptation fit within massive franchises that span pages, stages, screens, and theme parks?
Rising scholar Kyle Meikle illuminates adaptation's enduring and essential role in the rise of franchises in the 2000s and 2010s. During that decade-and-a-half, adaptations set the foundation for multiplexed, multiplied film series, piloted streaming television's forays into original programming, found their way into audiences' hands in apps and video games, and went live in theatrical experiences on Broadway and beyond. The proliferation of adaptations was matched only by a proliferation of adaptation, as fans remixed and remade their favourite franchises online and off-. This volume considers how producers and consumers defined adaptations-and how adaptations defined themselves-through the endless intertextual play of the franchise era.
Автор: Meikle Kyle Название: Adaptations in the Franchise Era: 2001-16 ISBN: 1501318721 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501318726 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 4816.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Adaptations in the Franchise Era re-evaluates adaptation's place in a popular culture marked by the movement of content and audiences across more media borders than ever before. While adaptation has historically been understood as the transfer of stories from one medium to another-more often than not, from novel to film-the growing interconnectedness of media and media industries in the early twenty-first century raises new questions about the form and function of adaptation as both a product and a process. Where does adaptation fit within massive franchises that span pages, stages, screens, and theme parks?
Rising scholar Kyle Meikle illuminates adaptation's enduring and essential role in the rise of franchises in the 2000s and 2010s. During that decade-and-a-half, adaptations set the foundation for multiplexed, multiplied film series, piloted streaming television's forays into original programming, found their way into audiences' hands in apps and video games, and went live in theatrical experiences on Broadway and beyond. The proliferation of adaptations was matched only by a proliferation of adaptation, as fans remixed and remade their favourite franchises online and off-. This volume considers how producers and consumers defined adaptations-and how adaptations defined themselves-through the endless intertextual play of the franchise era.
Автор: Marius-Nicu?or Grigore; Constantin Toma Название: Anatomical Adaptations of Halophytes ISBN: 3319882538 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319882536 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18294.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This book describes important anatomical adaptations in halophytes, based on a large review of relevant literature (since the 17th century) and recent research findings.
Автор: Hilary Fannin, Arthur Riordan, Sonya Kelly, Shane Mac an Bhaird, Morna Regan, Ellen Cranitch Название: Rough Magic Theatre Company: New Irish Plays and Adaptations, 2010-2018 ISBN: 1350119784 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350119789 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 17345.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Celebrating the work of one of Ireland’s most daring theatre companies, this anthology gathers five plays by established and emerging playwrights. They include vibrant new adaptations of the world classics Peer Gynt and Phaedra alongside vital new dramas that explore issues of urgent contemporary concern, such as sex and sexuality, emigration and climate change. With contributions from Hilary Fannin and Ellen Cranitch, Arthur Riordan, Sonya Kelly, Morna Regan, and Shane Mac an Bhaird – as well as a foreword from Booker Prize-winning novelist Anne Enright - this book is an exciting snapshot of contemporary Irish playwriting. The book operates as a showcase of outstanding new Irish playwriting, blending work by established and emerging playwrights, and also acts as a celebration of one of Ireland’s most important theatre companies. And it includes new plays that demonstrate Rough Magic’s consistent willingness to push the boundaries of Irish theatre, both formally and thematically, in plays that cover such topics as sex and sexuality, emigration and climate change.This edition contains a foreword by Anne Enright, Booker prize winner and Laureate of Irish Fiction.
Описание: The ancient Greek tradition works like a Darwinian evolutionary pattern adapting to each of time's byways to sustain a new life. In a paradoxical way, the long horizon of Greek thought flirts with eternity but it does so by virtue of its changeful adaptability. When the classical becomes the now, reading becomes an event of recognition. Suddenly, we know that modern meanings have always lived in ancient art as a potentially accomplished thing.
Автор: Costa, Giovanni Название: Behavioural adaptations of desert animals ISBN: 3642793584 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783642793585 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 14818.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: After a brief survey of biotopic and vegetational features and an account of the main groups of desert animals, the most unusual patterns of the behaviour of the xerophilous fauna are examined.
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