Sighs for Sion: or, Faith and love [[electronic resource] ] : constraning some grievings in her sorrow, and groanings for her deliverance: by a few of her weak and unworthy children. Humbly, and in all faithfulness, presented to those assemblies of hers, where grace hath set them as watchmen; and unto any others, that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. In way of essay, to blow the trumpet in Sion, and sound an alarm in Gods holy mountain, to the awakening them that are at ease, and pressing and encouraging all the upright in heart, to be in pain with her, in this day of her sore travel, and great expectation

• Record Nr.: UNISA996383090303316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed for Livewel Chapman, at the Crown in Popes head alley., 1656
• Descrizione fisica: 22 p
• Altri autori (Persone): CheareAbraham <d. 1668.>
• Soggetti: Faith; Kingdom of God; Love - Religious aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Signed at end: Abraham Cheare [and four others].; Annotation on Thomason copy: "August 4.".; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018

Americanizing the movies and "movie-mad" audiences, 1910-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / Richard Abel

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782201003321
• Autore: Abel Richard <1941->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-282-35839-1; 0-520-93952-2; 9786612358395
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.430973
• Soggetti: Motion pictures - United States - History; Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States; Nationalism - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- L'Envoi of Moving Pictures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. American Variety and/or Foreign Features -- Entr'acte 1. Mapping the Local Terrain of Exhibition -- Chapter 2. The "Usable Past" of Westerns -- Entr'acte 2. Moviegoing Habits and Everyday Life -- Chapter 3. The "Usable Past" of Westerns -- Entr'acte 3. A "Forgotten" Part of the Program -- Chapter 4. The "Usable Past" of Civil War Films -- Entr'acte 4. Another "Forgotten" Part of the Program -- Chapter 5. The "Usable Present" of Thrillers -- Entr'acte 5. Trash Twins -- Chapter 6. "The Power of Personality in Pictures" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This engaging, deeply researched study provides the richest and most nuanced picture we have to date of cinema-both movies and movie-going-in the early 1910's. At the same time, it makes clear the profound relationship between early cinema and the construction of a national identity in this important transitional period in the United States. Richard Abel looks closely at sensational melodramas, including westerns (cowboy, cowboy-girl, and Indian pictures), Civil War films (especially girl-spy films), detective films, and animal pictures-all popular genres of the day that have received little critical attention. He ; simultaneously analyzes film distribution and exhibition practices in order to reconstruct a context for understanding moviegoing at a time when American cities were coming to grips with new groups of immigrants and women working outside the home. Drawing from a wealth of research in archive prints, the trade press, fan magazines, newspaper advertising, reviews, and syndicated columns-the latter of which highlight the importance of the emerging star system-Abel sheds new light on the history of the film industry, on working-class and immigrant culture at the turn of the century, and on the process of imaging a national community.