The "clear line", a term coined in 1977 by Dutch essayist and artist Joost Swarte, has become shorthand in the field of comics studies for the style originally developed by Hergé and the École de Bruxelles. It refers to certain storytelling strategies that generate a deceptively…
Introduction: dare we look closely at television? -- Television and zerodegree style -- Stylistic crossover in the network era: from film to television -- the persuasive power of style -- Style in an age of media convergence -- Televisuality and the resurrection of the sitcom in…
"Style matters. Television relies on style - setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on - to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In t…
"Style matters. Television relies on style - setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on - to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape information. Yet, to date, style has been the most understudied aspect of the medium. In t…
"This critical study examines representations of philosophy in Modernist women's writing. Through the poetry of H.D., Gertrude Stein, Mina Loy, and Marianne Moore, this book shows how feminist writers used seemingly small stylistic choices to make necessary contributions to pred…
Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, one of the world's leading experts on classical sculpture, turns her attention in this volume to the fourth century, a period of transition from the classical Athenian style to an array of styles found simultaneously in the Hellenistic diaspora. Though…
