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Silent film and the triumph of the American myth
OUP E-Books., Oxford University Press
2001
Abstract
Introduction. 1. Literary Antecedents of American Silent Film. 2. Houdini, Keaton, and the Rise of the Body. 3. Hart, Fairbanks, and the Vitalization of Landscape. 4. Griffith, Gish, and the Narrative of the Face. 5. The Birth of the Star System and the Shaping of the Modern Self. 6. The Transition to Sound. Epilogue. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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- Title
- Silent film and the triumph of the American myth
- Creators
- Paula Marantz CohenProQuest Academic Complete
- Series
- OUP E-Books.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; New York; Oxford
- Resource Type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pennoni Honors College
- Identifiers
- 6610834970; 1280834978; 0195343883; 0195140931; 9781280834974; 9780195140934; 9786610834976; 9780195343885; 991020836351004721