A companion to early cinema /
An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field *First collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the field *Features over 30...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012.
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| Series: | Wiley Online Library.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field *First collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the field *Features over 30 original essays from some of the leading scholars in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning, Jane Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and André Gaudreault *Caters to renewed interest in film studies' historical methods, with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources, providing a critical re-contextualization of films, printed material and technologies *Covers a range of topics in early cinema, such as exhibition, promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticism *Broaches the latest research on the subject of archival practices, important particularly in the current digital context. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 631 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1118274458 (electronic bk.) 1118274474 (electronic bk.) 9781118274453 (electronic bk.) 9781118274477 (electronic bk.) |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118274453 |