Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's The dark knight : a film score guide / by Hexel, Vasco, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Hans Zimmer And James Newton Howard's The Dark Knight ; CONTENTS; List of Figures; List of Tables; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Musical Background of the Composers; Chapter 2 Critical, Textual, and Historical Context of The Dark Knight; Chapter 3 The Technical Approach of the Composers; Chapter 4 Analysis of the Score as Musical Text; Chapter 5 Analysis of the Score as Part of the Soundscape; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix I: Spotting; Appendix II: Orchestrations; Bibliography; Index; About the Author…”
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Hunting the Dark Knight : twenty-first century Batman / by Brooker, Will, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…The Batman Matrix: Adaptation; 3. Dark Knight Lockdown: Realism and Repression; 4. Carnival on Infinite Earths: Continuity and Crisis; 5. …”
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Parasocial politics : audiences, pop pulture, and politics

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On the edge of the panel : essays on comics criticism

Table of Contents: “…Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's The Dark Knight Strikes Again: DK2 or How to Make the Revolution within the Palace /…”
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The fictional Christopher Nolan by McGowan, Todd

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the ethics of the lie -- The snare of truth: Following and the perfect patsy -- Memento and the desire not to know -- The dirty cop: Insomnia and the art of detection -- The banal superhero: the politicized realism of Batman begins -- The violence of creation in The prestige -- The hero's form of appearance: the necessary darkness of The dark knight -- A plea for the abandonment of reality in Inception -- Conclusion: lying without consequence.…”
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The fictional Christopher Nolan by McGowan, Todd

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the ethics of the lie -- The snare of truth: Following and the perfect patsy -- Memento and the desire not to know -- The dirty cop: Insomnia and the art of detection -- The banal superhero: the politicized realism of Batman begins -- The violence of creation in The prestige -- The hero's form of appearance: the necessary darkness of The dark knight -- A plea for the abandonment of reality in Inception -- Conclusion: lying without consequence.…”
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Filming the city : urban documents, design practices and social criticism through the lens

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Section One: Film as Spatial Theory; Chapter 1 Unlawful Entry: The imbrication of suburban space and police repression in Jonathan Kaplan's Los Angeles; Chapter 2 Blockbuster realism: Mapping Gotham in the Dark Knight films; Chapter 3 (Re- )Framing urbanity: Contestation, the moving image and the right to the city; Chapter 4 Architects of Playtime: Cities as social media in the work of Jacques Tati.…”
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The last laugh : strange humors of cinema

Table of Contents: “…: battling the comic in The dark knight / Dominic Lennard -- The laughter of robots / Linda Ruth Williams.…”
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Superheroes! : capes and crusaders in comics and films by Kaveney, Roz

Table of Contents: “…The freedom of power : some first thoughts on superhero comics -- The heroism of Jessica Jones : Brian Bendis' Alias as thick text -- Watching the watchmen : sharing a world with superheroes -- Dark knights, team-mates and mutants : sustaining the superhero narrative -- Some kind of epic grandeur : events and reboots in the superhero universe -- Gifted and dangerous : Joss Whedon's superhero obsession -- Superherovision : from comic to blockbuster.…”
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The cinema of Christopher Nolan : imagining the impossible

Table of Contents: “…Developing an auteur through reviews: the critical surround of Christopher Nolan / Erin Hill-Parks -- Cinephilia writ large: IMAX in Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight' and 'The Dark Knight rises' / Allison Whitney -- Nolan's immersive allegories of filmmaking in 'Inception' and 'The prestige' / Jonathan Olson -- Saints, sinners and terrorists: the women of Christopher Nolan's Gotham / Tosha Taylor -- Memento's postmodern noir fantasy: place, domesticity and gender identity / Margaret A. …”
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Anatomy of a metahuman by Perry, S. D. (Stephani Danelle), Manning, Matthew K.

Scientific characters : rhetoric, politics, and trust in breast cancer research by Keränen, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…Bernard Fisher -- Fighting for a place at the table : women as consumers, partners, and subjects of science--and the "dark knight" who tried to "protect" them -- Recharacterizing science and public life : trust, dialogue, and citizen engagement.…”
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Senator Leahy : a life in scenes by Baruth, Philip E. (Philip Edward)

Table of Contents: “…The top cop rises -- Nemeses and archenemies -- For love of the batman: the dark knight and COICA/PIPA/SOPA trilogies -- The Havana Protocol.…”
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The joker by Eiss, Harry Edwin

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Beyond the willing suspension of disbelief : poetic faith from Coleridge to Tolkien by Tomko, Michael, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Dreams for realities -- CHAPTER ONE The willing suspension of disbelief -- Into the desert: The critical vantage and the Wizard of Ozymandias -- "Ironic credulity" and the willing suspension of disbelief -- The limits of the willing suspension of disbelief -- Beyond not disbelieving -- CHAPTER TWO Poetic faith -- "As a stranger give it welcome": Beyond faith in Shakespeare -- Desynonymizing "faith" and "belief": Life, higher reason, and beholding truth -- "There are more things, Horatio": Coleridge's model of reading -- CHAPTER THREE The willing resumption of disbelief -- "Experimentative faith": Danger, doubting, and Bertram -- Bad faith and the Dark Knight: Resuming disbelief in Bertram -- Rhetoric, power, and poetic faith -- Conclusion: Potent art.…”
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The Ideas Industry : How Pessimists, Partisans, and Plutocrats are Transforming the Marketplace of Ideas. by Drezner, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Tweeting Ideas: Or, the Requisite Chapter on Social MediaConclusion: The Dark Knight Theory of the Ideas Industry; Notes; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Finding ourselves at the movies : philosophy for a new generation by Kahn, Paul W., 1952-

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Robin and the making of American adolescence by O'Connor, Lauren R.

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Your ad here : the cool sell of guerrilla marketing by Serazio, Michael

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Political economy, capitalism, and popular culture by Lipschutz, Ronnie D.

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Globalgothic. by Byron, Glennis

Table of Contents: “…Unlocatedness in the musical home: Isabella van Elferen8 Uncanny games: Michael Haneke's Funny Games and globalisation's new uncanny: Barry Murnane; 9 Pan-Asian gothic: Colette Balmain ; 10 Cannibal culture: Serving the people in Fruit Chan's Dumplings: Glennis Byron; 11 Ghost skins: Globalising the supernatural in contemporary Thai horror film: Katarzyna Ancuta; 12 From Sleepy Hollow to Silent Hill: American gothic to globalgothic: James Campbell; 13 The Dark Knight: Fear, the law and liquid modernity: Avril Horner.…”
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Arresting development : comics at the boundaries of literature by Pizzino, Christopher

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The rise of the American comics artist : creators and contexts

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Popular culture, crime and social control

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the criminology of popular culture / Mathieu Deflem -- Reefer Madness and beyond / Susan Boyd -- The Dark Knight: constructing images of good vs. evil in an age of anxiety / Nickie D. …”
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Superhero synergies : comic book characters go digital

Table of Contents: “…Clarke -- Assembling the avengers: reframing the superhero movie through Marvel's cinematic universe / Matthias Stork -- From scientific romance to Disney superhero: genre fluidity and the marketing of John Carter / Andrew James Myers -- The cult of Comic-Con and the spectacle of superhero marketing / Kevin McDonald -- The dark knight levels up: Batman: Arkham Asylum and the convergent superhero franchise / Justin Mack -- The fears of a superhero: Batman Begins and Batman: Arkham Asylum / Benjamin Beil -- "I am catwoman, hear me roar": gender between flim and video game / Martin Hennig -- Melodrama, romance, and the celebrity of superheroes / Ben Grisanti -- In franchise: narrative coherence, alternates, and the multiverse in X-Men / Russell Backman -- Spectacular superheroes on stage: theatre's unique contribution(s) to Batman's transmedia story / Mathias P. …”
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Myth, media, and culture in Star wars : an anthology

Table of Contents: “…/ Arthur Berger -- From Disneyland to Modesto: George Lucas and Walt Disney / Craig Svonkin -- May the Myth Be with You, Always: Archetypes, Mythic Elements and Aspects of Joseph Campbell's Heroic Monomyth in the Original Star Wars Trilogy / Leah Deyneka -- Not so long ago, not so far away: New Variations on Old Themes: Questioning Star Wars' Revival of Heroic Archetypes / Dan Rubey -- From Sky-Walking to Dark Knight of the Soul: George Lucas' Star Wars Turns to Tragic Drama / John C. …”
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The Joker : a serious study of The Clown Prince of Crime

Table of Contents: “…Use of the Joker in Marketing The Dark Knight ""; ""IV. JOKER THEORY ""; ""RICTUS GRINS AND GLASGOW SMILES: The Joker as Satirical Discourse ""…”
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The assimilation of yogic religions through pop culture

Table of Contents: “…Butters -- The implied Spider-Man : transcreating religious imagery and meaning in Spider-Man : India / Rex Barnes -- The dark knight of the soul : death as initiatory ordeal in Grant Morrison's Batman R.I.P. / Joel Bordeaux -- Afterword / Paul G. …”
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Frame Escapes by Peppas, Mikhail

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Theorizing Film Acting.

Table of Contents: “…: a phenomenology of Heath Ledger in The dark knight / Jorg Sternagel -- Is acting a form of simulation or being? …”
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Walking with Eve in the loved city : poems by Bentley, Roy, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Twenty-Five Astonishing Things to Do with a Pocket HandkerchiefRingo Starr Answers Questions on Larry King Live about the Death of George Harrison -- The Dark Knight, On His Day Off -- Hellhound -- Transcendence -- Part 2 -- Nosferatu in Florida -- Unicyclist with UM Umbrella -- The Sound of a Midnight Train in Florida -- Watching the Night Approach of Tropical Storm Rita -- The Last Man on Earth Takes a Walk in Jupiter, Florida -- Bees -- Dixie Highway -- Suspended Florida State Quarterback Identifies Himself as God…”
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Becoming Batman : the possibility of a superhero by Zehr, E. Paul

Table of Contents: “…s for Dinner on the Dark Knight Diet -- PART III. TRAINING THE BATBRAIN: Batman on the path to mastery of the martial arts -- CHAPTER 7. …”
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Becoming Batman : the possibility of a superhero by Zehr, E. Paul

Table of Contents: “…s for Dinner on the Dark Knight Diet -- PART III. TRAINING THE BATBRAIN: Batman on the path to mastery of the martial arts -- CHAPTER 7. …”
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Batman and ethics by White, Mark D., 1971-

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Medieval Saints and Modern Screens : Divine Visions as Cinematic Experience. by Spencer-Hall, Alicia

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