Letters and Literacy in Hollywood Film

Informationen zum Autor Edward Gallafent teaches Film Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Clint Eastwood: Actor and Director (1994), Astaire and Rogers (2000) and Quentin Tarantino (2006). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the online publication Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism. Klappentext We are so used to images of words that it is easy to ignore the different ways in which they work in films. This book explores both the letters that come in the post and the many other kinds that are offered to us on screen. Zusammenfassung We are so used to images of words that it is easy to ignore the different ways in which they work in films. This book explores both the letters that come in the post and the many other kinds that are offered to us on screen. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Letter from an Unknown Woman 2. Inscription and Erasure in All This, and Heaven Too 3. Of Lessons and of Love: The Man who Shot Liberty Valance 4. Into The Wild: The New Unreadable America 5. The Reader: Embracing Reading, Denying Writing 6. Conclusion: The Intimacy of Writing Bibliography Index

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Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Letter from an Unknown Woman 2. Inscription and Erasure in All This, and Heaven Too 3. Of Lessons and of Love: The Man who Shot Liberty Valance 4. Into The Wild: The New Unreadable America 5. The Reader: Embracing Reading, Denying Writing 6. Conclusion: The Intimacy of Writing Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: E Gallafent, E. Gallafent, Edward Gallafent
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349437818
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43781-8
• Pagine: 151
• Serie: Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television; Palgrave Close Readings in Fil; Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television; Palgrave Close Readings in Fil
• Categorie: Saggistica > Musica, film, teatro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; Genre, B, Media Studies, Performing Arts, Communication, Film History, Media and Communication, Literary theory, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature—Philosophy, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Film genres, Film: styles & genres, Genre Studies, American Cinema and TV, Motion pictures—United States, American Film and TV