Indiana University Press is pleased to announce the recent publication of: Wagner and Cinema Edited by Jeongwon Joe and Sander L. Gilman Foreword by Tony Palmer Interview with Bill Viola "Timely, relevant, and absolutely central to what is going on in so many fields. The editors have done a terrific job in bringing together not only the most appropriate but also the most stimulating and exciting of contributors." <Linda Hutcheon, author of A Theory of Adaptation The work of Richard Wagner is a continuing source of artistic inspiration and ideological controversy in literature, philosophy, and music, as well as cinema. In Wagner and Cinema, a diverse group of established and emerging scholars examines Wagner's influence on cinema from the silent era to the present. The essays in this collection engage in a critical dialogue with existing studies<extending and renovating current theories related to the topic<and propose unexplored topics and new methodological perspectives. The contributors discuss films ranging from the 1913 biopic of Wagner to Ridley Scottıs Gladiator, with essays on silent cinema, film scoring, Wagner in Hollywood, German cinema, and Wagner beyond the soundtrack. 504 pp., 28 b&w illus., 35 musical exx. cloth 978-0-253-30030-0 $75.00 paper 978-0-253-22163-6 $27.95 For more information, visit: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?isbn=978-0-253-22163 -6 For Instructors: If you are interested in adopting this book for course use, please see our exam copy policy: http://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/information.php?info_id=122&meid=122 ------------------ Laura Baich Electronic Marketing Manager Indiana University Press ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu