02509nam 2200577Ia 450 991045839450332120200520144314.01-280-83497-80-19-534388-3(CKB)1000000000402958(EBL)430741(OCoLC)252664670(SSID)ssj0000245966(PQKBManifestationID)11186298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245966(PQKBWorkID)10180635(PQKB)11735933(MiAaPQ)EBC430741(Au-PeEL)EBL430741(CaPaEBR)ebr10273018(CaONFJC)MIL83497(EXLCZ)99100000000040295820000427d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSilent film & the triumph of the American myth[electronic resource] /Paula Marantz CohenOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (235 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514093-1 0-19-514094-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.Contents; 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; IndexIntroduction. 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. IndexSilent filmsUnited StatesHistory and criticismMotion picturesUnited StatesHistory and criticismElectronic books.Silent filmsHistory and criticism.Motion picturesHistory and criticism.791.43/0973Cohen Paula Marantz1953-900122MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458394503321Silent film & the triumph of the American myth2127851UNINA