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Dracula As Inter-American Film Icon: Universal Pictures And Cinematográfica Absa, Antonio Barrenechea
Dracula As Inter-American Film Icon: Universal Pictures And Cinematográfica Absa, Antonio Barrenechea
English, Linguistics, and Communication (Legacy)
My essay explores the vampire cinema of Hollywood and Mexico. In particular, I trace the relationship between Universal Pictures as the progenitor of horror during the Great Depression and Cinematográfica ABSA's "mexploitation" practices. The latter resulted in the first vampire film in Latin America--"El vampiro" (1957). Rather than strengthening separatist national cinemas, the unintended consequences of genre film production make this a case of inter-American scope.
“Introduction: Theory, Practice, And Critical Agency In Andrew Marvell’S Poetry, Ben Labreche, Ryan Netzley
“Introduction: Theory, Practice, And Critical Agency In Andrew Marvell’S Poetry, Ben Labreche, Ryan Netzley
English, Linguistics, and Communication (Legacy)
An introduction for the special issue on theoretical approaches to Andrew Marvell.
Ann Yearsley, "Earl Goodwin", And The Politics Of Romantic Discontent, Chris Foss
Ann Yearsley, "Earl Goodwin", And The Politics Of Romantic Discontent, Chris Foss
English, Linguistics, and Communication (Legacy)
There is a dearth of more substantial critical studies on Ann Yearsley’s tragic drama Earl Goodwin in general, and while the few out there have helpfully illuminated the play’s representation of the historical plight of women and the poor during Anglo-Saxon times, as well as its application to their current predicaments in Romantic-era England and France, they have tended to leave unexplored the ways in which Yearsley simultaneously is clarifying and extending her anger at and frustration with the class- and gender-based discrimination she experienced firsthand in the fallout with her mentor Hannah More over the profits from her first …
The Hemispheric Muse. A Conversation With Antonio Barrenechea, Giorgio Mariani, Antonio Barrenechea
The Hemispheric Muse. A Conversation With Antonio Barrenechea, Giorgio Mariani, Antonio Barrenechea
English, Linguistics, and Communication (Legacy)
Antonio Barrenechea is an Associate Professor at the University of Mary Washington, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he was hired to design a teaching curriculum in the Literatures of the Americas in 2005. He holds a PhD in comparative literature from Yale University and is the author of various essays on both North and South American literature, and, most recently of America Unbound: Encyclopedic Literature and Hemispheric Studies, his first book, published last year by the University of New Mexico Press. Professor Barrenechea, who is currently spending the year as a resident fellow at the Institut Américain Universitaire in Aix-en-Provence, France, …
Divorcing Kin And Kind: Selective Generosity In "A Woman Killed With Kindness", Maya Mathur
Divorcing Kin And Kind: Selective Generosity In "A Woman Killed With Kindness", Maya Mathur
English, Linguistics, and Communication (Legacy)
This article analyzes the division between kinship and kindness in the "A Woman Killed With Kindness" by Thomas Heywood.