{"product_id":"darkness-in-the-bliss-out-james-kendrick-9781441146045","title":"Darkness in the Bliss-Out: A Reconsideration of the Films of Steven Spielberg","description":"While there has been a significant outpouring of scholarship on Steven Spielberg over the past decade, his films are still frequently discussed as being paternalistic, escapist, and reliant on uncomplicated emotions and complicated special effects. Even those who view his work favorably often see it as essentially optimistic, reassuring, and conservative. James Kendrick takes an alternate view of Spielberg's cinema and proposes that his films-even the most popular ones that seem to trade in easy answers and comforting, reassuring notions of cohesion and narrative resolution-are significantly darker and more emotionally and ideologically complex than they are routinely given credit for. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarkness in the Bliss-Out\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates, through close analysis of a wide range of Spielberg's films, that they are only reassuring on the surface, and that their depths embody a complex and sometimes contradictory view of the human condition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Kendrick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1441146040\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781441146045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 617","brand":"James Kendrick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175395897599,"sku":"9781441146045","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_12b122ec-c400-4e9e-a439-5cf631a44a27.jpg?v=1771333522","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/darkness-in-the-bliss-out-james-kendrick-9781441146045","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}