A History of Narrative Film

Sophisticated in its analytical content, current in its coverage and informed throughout by fascinating historical and cultural contexts, A History of Narrative Film is one of the most respected and widely read texts in film studies. This fifth edition features a new chapter on twenty-first century film and includes refreshed coverage of contemporary digital production, distribution and consumption of film. Now 20% shorter, with new four-colour design and an updated art programme, A History of Narrative Film is also the only film history text available as an ebook.

About the author

David A. Cook is a Professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. He is the author of Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979 (University of California Press, 2002).

Product details

• Authors: David A Cook, David A. Cook, David A. (University of North Carolina - Greensboro) Cook, Cook David A.
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2016
• EAN: 9780393920093
• ISBN: 978-0-393-92009-3
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 277 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 1925 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism