A Companion to Early Cinema {BBS} torrent

An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field

* First collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the field
* Features over 30 original essays from some of the leading scholars in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning, Jane Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and André Gaudreault
* Caters to renewed interest in film studies’ historical methods, with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources, providing a critical re-contextualization of films, printed material and technologies
* Covers a range of topics in early cinema, such as exhibition, promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticism
* Broaches the latest research on the subject of archival practices, important particularly in the current digital context


# Hardcover: 648 pages
# Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (July 10, 2012)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 1444332317
# ISBN-13: 978-1444332315