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A Companion to Early Cinema
Contributor(s): Gaudreault, André (Editor), Dulac, Nicolas (Editor), Hidalgo, Santiago (Editor)
ISBN: 1444332317     ISBN-13: 9781444332315
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $60.75  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism
Dewey: 791.430
LCCN: 2011048257
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.9" W x 9.6" (2.80 lbs) 656 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
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 Andr 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