02506nam 2200577Ia 450 991078487380332120230607221440.00-19-772615-11-280-83497-80-19-534388-3(CKB)1000000000402958(EBL)430741(OCoLC)252664670(SSID)ssj0000245966(PQKBManifestationID)11186298(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245966(PQKBWorkID)10180635(PQKB)11735933(Au-PeEL)EBL430741(CaPaEBR)ebr10273018(CaONFJC)MIL83497(MiAaPQ)EBC430741(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 criticismSilent filmsHistory and criticism.Motion picturesHistory and criticism.791.43/0973Cohen Paula Marantz1953-1473664MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784873803321Silent film & the triumph of the American myth3686916UNINA