American Cinema 1890-1909
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American Cinema 1890-1909 by Andre Gaudreault
Includes essays that explore and define how the making of motion pictures flowered into an industry that would finally become the central entertainment institution of the world. Beginning with various early types of pictures that moved, this volume tells the story of invention and consolidation of the various processes that gave rise to 'cinema.'
"This impressive volume—all of it immensely readable, fascinating, and coherent—leads one to appreciate the breadth and scope of global cinemaGaudreault and his talented contributors provided a fresh, lively, informative, engaging chronological survey of the first decades of American film. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *
"This impressive volume—all of it immensely readable, fascinating, and coherent—leads one to appreciate the breadth and scope of global cinema. Gaudreault and his talented contributors provided a fresh, lively, informative, engaging chronological survey of the first decades of American film. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *
“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”
* American Quarterly *"This impressive volume—all of it immensely readable, fascinating, and coherent—leads one to appreciate the breadth and scope of global cinema. Gaudreault and his talented contributors provided a fresh, lively, informative, engaging chronological survey of the first decades of American film. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *
“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”
* American Quarterly *ANDRÉ GAUDREAULT is a professor in the Département d'histoire de l'art et d'études cinématographiques at the Université de Montréal. He is the author of From Plato to Lumière: Narration and Monstration in Literature and Cinema and Cinéma et attractions: Pour une nouvelle histoire du cinématographe.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780813544434 |
| ISBN 10 | 0813544432 |
| Title | American Cinema 1890-1909 |
| Author | Andre Gaudreault |
| Series | Screen Decades: American Culture American Cinema Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
| Year published | 2009-01-13 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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