Orson Welles in Focus : Texts and Contexts / edited by James N. Gilmore and Sidney Gottlieb ; foreword by James Naremore.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gottlieb, Sidney, editor.

Gilmore, James, 1989- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985--Criticism and interpretation.

Welles, Orson.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This exploration of Welles in his totality illuminates and expands our perception of his contributions that continue to resonate today.

Contents:

Introduction: the totality of Orson Welles / Sidney Gottlieb and James N. Gilmore

The death of the auteur: Orson Welles, Asadata Dafora, and the 1936 Macbeth / Marguerite Rippy

Revisiting "War of the worlds": first-person narration in golden age radio drama / Shawn Vancour

Old-time movies: Welles and silent pictures / Matthew Solomon

Orson Welles's itineraries in it's all true: from "lived topography" to Pan. American transculturation / Catherine L. Benamou

Orson Welles as journalist: the New York post columns / Sidney Gottlieb

Progressivism and the struggles against racism and antisemitism: Welles's correspondences in 1946 / James N. Gilmore

Multimedia magic in Around the world: Orson Welles's film-and-theater hybrid / Vincent Longo

"The worst possible partners for movie production": Orson Welles, Louis Dolivet and the Filmorsa years (1953-56) / Francois Thomas

Presenting Orson Welles: an exhibition challenge / Craig S. Simpson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-253-03297-0

0-253-03296-2

OCLC:

1003489551