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Books by John Orr
  | | Hitchcock and Twentieth-Century Cinema by John Orr, Julia Ching Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2006 by Wallflower Press ISBN-13: 978-1-904764-55-7, ISBN: 1-904764-55-X "Hitchcock and Twentieth-Century Cinema looks at the work, influences, legacy and style of one of cinema's most famous directors. Alfred Hitchcock worked in Britain and America, in silent and sound films, and through and beyond the studio system, all the time appealing to mass audiences while employing his own distinctive style. This book examines how he was affected by German cinema, British writing, the Hays Code and his own upbringing ..." |
 | | Cinema and Modernity(1st Edition) by John Orr Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 1993 by Polity ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-1186-0, ISBN: 0-7456-1186-9 "A reappraisal of some of the trends in western cinema from the late 1950s to the 1970s. Drawing particularly on European and American films, the author points to the emergence of a neo-modern movement which subverts American melodrama and supplants Italian neo-realism, also echoing the early modernisms of Dreyer, Eisenstein, Bunuel and Fritz Lang. In the American cinema paticular attention is paid to the work of Welles, Hitchcock, and t ..." |
 | | I Died Last Night by John Orr Paperback, 67 Pages, Published 2018 by Start2finish Books ISBN-13: 978-1-941972-98-4, ISBN: 1-941972-98-5 "Where would your soul be if you died right now?Chances are, it’s not what you think. This is a fictional story of a leader in a conservative church as he takes his journey into eternity. Bible teaching, writings from early Christians and true events form the foundation of this story.But this book is more about your affection than your direction, because what you think will determine your journey in the afterlife." |
 | | Contemporary Cinema(Updated) by Professor John Orr Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1998 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-0836-2, ISBN: 0-7486-0836-2 "Contemporary Cinema is a major study of key developments in the cinema over the last thirty years. It reworks Pasolini's landmark concept of 'the cinema of poetry' to look at the transformation of film form in its encounter with society, the sacred, the subjective and the presence of the camera. Poetic cinemas are seen as creating a distincitive match in their own cultures between critical social engagement and the delirium of form. In ..." |
 | | Tragicomedy and Contemporary Culture Play and Performance from Beckett to Shepard (Edinburgh Studies in Culture and Society) by John Orr Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 1991 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-333-53697-1, ISBN: 0-333-53697-5 "This study examines the historical relationship between tragicomedy in the modernist theatre and the performative culture of Western consumer societies. While discussing a wide range of playwrights, it focusses specifically on the work of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter and Sam Shepard. Their plays, it is argued, illuminate the forms of pleasure, fear, performance and corruption which dominate our daily lives. Tragicomedy is seen as uniqu ..." |
 | | Learning to Read and Make Mechanical Drawings by Roy A. Bartholomew, John Orr 111 Pages, Published 1982 by Glencoe Mcgraw-Hill ISBN-13: 978-0-02-664820-2, ISBN: 0-02-664820-2 |
 | | Tragic drama and modern society(2nd Edition) Studies in the social and literary theory of drama from 1870 to the present (Edinburgh studies in sociology) by John Orr Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 1981 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-333-24083-0, ISBN: 0-333-24083-9 |
 | | Tragic Realism and Modern Society Studies in the Sociology of the Modern Novel (FIRST EDITION) by John Orr Hardcover, 202 Pages, Published 1978 by Univ Of Pittsburgh Pr (Trd) ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-1129-6, ISBN: 0-8229-1129-9 |
 | | An introduction to Romance linguistics, its schools and scholars(2nd Edition) by Iorgu Iordan, John Orr, Rebecca Posner Hardcover, 593 Pages, Published 1970 by University Of California Press ISBN-13: 978-0-520-01768-9, ISBN: 0-520-01768-4 "25, says that in argot studies " L'impulsion décisive fut donnée par M. Lazare Sainéan, qui s'attacha d'abord à l'ancien ... Il débrouilla la matière dans V Argot ancien. ... work is as follows (loc. cit., p. iii) : "La présente étude est la première qui traite de l'argot dans son développement chronologique. ... The body of the book contains chapters like the following : Characterization of argot, its methods of word-formation in ..." |
 | | Post-War Cinema and Modernity. Edinburgh University Press. 2000(Reprint) by John Orr, Olga Taxidou Paperback, 464 Pages, Published 2000 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-1281-9, ISBN: 0-7486-1281-5 "Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. Its distinguishing feature is the focus on the close connections between history, theory and textual criticism." |
 | | The Demons of Modernity(1st Edition) Ingmar Bergman and European Cinema by John Orr† Hardcover, 140 Pages, Published 2014 by Berghahn Books ISBN-13: 978-0-85745-978-7, ISBN: 0-85745-978-3 " Ingmar Bergman’s films had a very broad and rich relationship with the rest of European cinema, contrary to the myth that Bergman was a peripheral figure, culturally and aesthetically isolated from the rest of Europe. This book contends that he should be put at the very center of European film history by chronologically comparing Bergman’s relationship to key European directors such as Carl Theodor Dreyer, Jean-Luc Godard, Michelangelo ..." |
 | | The Making of the Twentieth-century Novel Lawrence, Joyce, Faulkner and Beyond (Hardback) by John Orr Hardcover, Published 1989 by Macmillan, London ISBN-13: 978-0-333-37339-2, ISBN: 0-333-37339-1 |
 | | Oeuvres de Guiot de Provins Po'te Lyrique et Satirique (Classic Reprint) by John Orr Published by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-666-00700-1, ISBN: 0-666-00700-4 |
 | | Taxation of Land Values as It Affects Landowners and Others Classic Reprint by John Orr Hardcover, Published by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-0-428-85360-0, ISBN: 0-428-85360-9 |
 | | A Short History of British Agriculture by John Orr by Professor John Orr Hardcover, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-267-41900-5, ISBN: 0-267-41900-7 |
 | | A Short History of British Agriculture by John Orr by Professor John Orr Paperback, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-330-31817-1, ISBN: 1-330-31817-X |
 | | Les Œuvres de Guiot de Provins Poète Lyrique Et Satirique (Classic Reprint) (French Edition) by Professor John Orr Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2018 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-332-58351-5, ISBN: 1-332-58351-2 |
 | | To the Right Reverend Edward, Lord Bishop of Elphin The Following Sermons, (in This Second Edition of Them) as a Testimony of Respect and Gratitude, Are Humbly Inscribed (Classic Reprint) by Professor John Orr Paperback, Published 2016 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-332-88996-9, ISBN: 1-332-88996-4 |
 | | Agriculture in Oxfordshire 1916 A Survey Made on Behalf of the Institute for Research in Agricultural Economics, University of Oxford (Classic Reprint) by John Orr (2015, Paperback) by Professor John Orr Paperback, 286 Pages, Published 2015 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-330-27873-4, ISBN: 1-330-27873-9 |
 | | Taxation of Land Values As It Affects Landowners and Others (Classic Reprint) (Paperback) by Professor John Orr Paperback, 132 Pages, Published 2015 by Forgotten Books ISBN-13: 978-1-331-28783-4, ISBN: 1-331-28783-9 |
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