Platt Dave (16 results)

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. Cover by Alan Giana. Includes "Impulse: Editorial" by Doug Fratz; "News From The Ghetto: The Missing Middle of Science Fiction" by Charles Platt; "Thomas N. Scortia: Prophetic Fiction - Interview" by Jeffrey M. Elliott; "Words and Picture" by Darrell Schweitzer; "The Sins of Our Tastes; The Sins of Our Trade - Thoughts on the Enjoyment of Heroic Fantasy" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; "Contrivances" by Dave Langford; "Interview: Forrest J. Ackerman" by A. J. Austin; "Reviews; Books, Etc." by Doug Fratz, W. Ritchie Benedict, Anthony Trull, Eugene Lin, Ardath Mayhar, Andrew Andrews, Steven Sawicki, and Sharon E. Martin; "Counterthrusts: Letters" by Orson Scott Card, John Shirley, Charles Platt, Mark J. McGarry, Harry Warner, Jr., Alan Dean Foster, and Richard Singer. Illustrated by Mike Romesburg, Gary Davis, Jeffrey Elliott (photo), Mike Wright, Stefano Robotti, Bradley Teare, Alexis Gilliland, Teddy Harvia, and William Rotsler. Book. …

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Fine. Cover by Alan Giana. Includes "Impulse: Editorial" by Doug Fratz; "News From The Ghetto: The Missing Middle of Science Fiction" by Charles Platt; "Thomas N. Scortia: Prophetic Fiction - Interview" by Jeffrey M. Elliott; "Words and Picture" by Darrell Schweitzer; "The Sins of Our Tastes; The Sins of Our Trade - Thoughts on the Enjoyment of Heroic Fantasy" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson; "Contrivances" by Dave Langford; "Interview: Forrest J. Ackerman" by A. J. Austin; "Reviews; Books, Etc." by Doug Fratz, W. Ritchie Benedict, Anthony Trull, Eugene Lin, Ardath Mayhar, Andrew Andrews, Steven Sawicki, and Sharon E. Martin; "Counterthrusts: Letters" by Orson Scott Card, John Shirley, Charles Platt, Mark J. McGarry, Harry Warner, Jr., Alan Dean Foster, and Richard Singer. Illustrated by Mike Romesburg, Gary Davis, Jeffrey Elliott (photo), Mike Wright, Stefano Robotti, Bradley Teare, Alexis Gilliland, Teddy Harvia, and William Rotsler. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Some Age Marks. No Jacket. First Edition. Dave King (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stapled soft cover in very good condition. Binding tight, content clean and straight. Minor bumping on all four corners. If purchasing internationally, please inquire about shipping charges before purchase.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The pages are unmarked, in very good condition and fully bound. Light reading wear on the edges of the covers. Mailed same or next working day.

Staplebound. Condition: Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; very minimal wear; Keycon is a not-for-profit organization that runs a Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention every year in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This Chapbook contains the winning entries of the Keycon 2006 Short story Contest.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condition: New. pp. 216.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 216 pages. Dimension: 921 x 614 x 56. Weight in Grams: 106. . 2003. Hardback. . . . .

Condition: New. pp. 216 52:B&W 6.14 x 9.21in or 234 x 156mm (Royal 8vo) Case Laminate on White w/Gloss Lam.

Condition: New. Num Pages: 216 pages. Dimension: 921 x 614 x 56. Weight in Grams: 106. . 2003. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 216 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Though there have been many histories of the theater and specifically the theatrical musical, none has done quite what Musical Theater and American Culture achieves: it explores how the musical emerged in the late-18th and 19th centuries as a specifically American form of entertainment and went on to become a powerful medium of popular and political collective expression, articulating the tensions and reconciliations of everyday relations between individuals and society. Intimately related to the forging of social, cultural, and political American identities, the musical-often dismissed as merely entertainment-is tied inextricably to America's sense of itself as a New World, a land of opportunity, and above all, the emblem of modern culture. Including material on genres ranging from minstrel shows to melodrama to the development of the contemporary book musical and the megamusical, Musical Theater and American Culture delves into such important shows as Anything Goes, West Side Story, Evita, and Rent; it represents the first sustained analysis of this medium as a social and political vehicle. Authors David F. Walsh and Len Platt further consider how the current condition of the musical, the emergence of specialist musicals, revivals, and blockbuster musicals intended for a globalized audience relate both aesthetically and culturally to their Broadway progenitors. Tackling the much broader question of what the fragmentation of this popular culture now indicates about contemporary America, they forge a new and unique study sure to appeal to both scholars of the theater and fans of its ongoing and always -fascinating new forms.…

paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. A near fine copy in pictorial wraps with slight amount of shelf wear; Probable 1st printing with no additional printings listed. A relatively uncommon item in this condition. 4to., 61 pages., 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Gebunden. Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. &Uumlber den AutorDavid Walsh, Len PlattInhaltsverzeichnisPrefaceA Note on the TextIntroduction: Analyzing the Musical SociologyAmerican Popular Culture and the Genesis of the MusicalBroadway..…