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History and film : a tale of two disciplines / Eleftheria Thanouli.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.H5 T44 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thanouli, Eleftheria, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History in motion pictures.
- Historical films--History and criticism.
- Historical films.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 279 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
- Summary:
- "A bold and original theoretical approach to the representation of history on film"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: history and film in parallel orbits
- 1. The archaeology of the debate: cinema and literature as analogies for history
- 2. Media specificity and the analogy of the digital
- 3. The theory and practice of history
- 4. The poetics of history and the poetics of the historical film
- 5. The representation of history in the fiction film
- 6. The representation of history in the documentary
- Conclusion: filmic history in the twentieth century: a successful performance of failure.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781501340789
- 1501340786
- 9781501340772
- 1501340778
- OCLC:
- 1054262759
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