This third volume of Maugham’s stories, introduced and selected by the author himself, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in WWI. Based on Maugham’s own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatizes both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and b...(展开全部)

When "Hitchcock's Films" was first published, it quickly became known as a new kind of book on film - one that came to be considered a necessary text in the Hitchcock bibliography. When Robin Wood returned to his writings on Hitchcock's films and published "Hitchcock's Films Revisited" in 1989, the multi-dimensional essays took on a new shape - one that was tempered by Wood's o...(展开全部)

This book adopts a cognitive theoretical framework in order to address the mental processes that are elicited and triggered by found footage horror films. Through analysis of key films, the book explores the effects that the diegetic camera technique used in such films can have on the cognition of viewers. It further examines the way in which mediated realism is constructed in ...(展开全部)

Fun and fright have long been partners in the cinema, dating back to the silent film era and progressing to the Scary Movie franchise and other recent releases. This guide takes a comprehensive look at the comedy-horror movie genre, from the earliest stabs at melding horror and hilarity during the nascent days of silent film, to its full-fledged development with The Bat in 1926...(展开全部)

唐纳德·里奇（Donald Richie），1924年出生于美国，日本电影、文化专家。 1947年，唐纳德·里奇随军来到日本东京。很快，他就对日本文化、特别是日本电影产生了浓厚的兴趣，并开始尝试写作影评。1948年，他相识了被誉为“日本电影教母”的川喜多夫人，两人在向西方世界介绍和推广日本电影的过程中，结下了长期而深厚的友情。也正是通过她的介绍，里奇结识了当时名满日本影坛的电影大师小津安二郎。 自1953年起，唐纳德·里奇定期为《日本时报》撰写影评。1959年，他出版了《日本电影：艺术与工业》，这也是第一部用英语介绍日本电影的专著。之后，里奇发表了大量介绍、论述日本电影及社会的专著与文章，开始了其长达半个多世纪的日本文化“情缘”。

哈罗德•布鲁姆，当代美国极富影响的文学理论家、批评家。1930年生于纽约，曾执教于耶鲁大学、纽约大学和哈佛大学等知名高校。主要研究领域包括诗歌批评、理论批评和宗教批评，代表作有《西方正典》（1994）、《如何读，为什么读》（2000）、《影响的剖析》（2001）等。被誉为“西方传统中最有天赋、最具原创性和最富煽动性的一位文学批评家”。

Lyric sermons: Riddle-poems that consist only of answers: Lou Reid meets Claude Monet and converts to Zen: The pure hilarious ache of ontology: "Short Talks is elegiac, perceptive, droll. It is the first book-length collection by an accomplished, original voice. Sunday mornings are never going to be the same again.

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)

The introduction gives an overview of Hitchcock's long career, with special attention to the varied influences on his work; themes that run through many of his films, from the 'transference of guilt', to the connection between knowledge and danger; the overlooked importance of his presence within his films, including his famous cameo appearances and characters who represent him...(展开全部)