Silent film and the formations of U.S. literary culture : literature in motion / Sarah Gleeson-White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gleeson-White, Sarah, 1965- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures and literature.

Silent films--United States--Influence.

Silent films.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]

Summary:

'Silent Film and the Formations of U.S. Literary Culture' discovers the considerable impact of motion pictures on literary culture across the early decades of the twentieth century by exploring how motion pictures spurred change in twentieth century literature.

Contents:

Cover

Silent Film and the Formations of U.S. Literary Culture

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Literature in Motion

1. Starring the Author: Literary Celebrity and Popular Authorship

2. Black Authorship at the Movies: Oscar Micheaux, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Wallace Thurman

3. Novel Forms: Rose Atwood's "A Man's Duty," Oscar Micheaux's The Masquerade: An Historical Novel, Willa Cather's A Lost Lady

4. Readerly Pleasures: Screen Reading and The Motion Picture Story Magazine

Afterword: Roaming with Vachel Lindsay and Oscar Micheaux

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 19, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-755809-7

0-19-755808-9

0-19-755807-0

OCLC:

1417664569