Lincoln before Lincoln : early cinematic adaptations of the life of America's greatest president / / Brian J. Snee
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| Autore: |
Snee Brian J.
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| Titolo: |
Lincoln before Lincoln : early cinematic adaptations of the life of America's greatest president / / Brian J. Snee
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| Pubblicazione: | Lexington : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , [2016] |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (167 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/651 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Lincoln in American memory -- Before the great emancipator: Lincoln before Lincoln -- Great heart: the birth of a nation -- Savior of the union: Abraham Lincoln -- Great commoner: young Mr. Lincoln -- First American: Abe Lincoln in Illinois -- Honest Abe: Sandburg's Lincoln (1974-1976) -- Anti-Lincoln: Gore Vidal's Lincoln. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Despite a wealth of biographical material, relatively few full-length motion pictures have taken Abraham Lincoln and his life as a primary subject. In this detailed study, Brian J. Snee provides a sweeping overview of the cinematic representations of the sixteenth president from the silent era up to Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012). |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Lincoln before Lincoln |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-6780-9 |
| 0-8131-6748-5 | |
| 0-8131-6749-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798297603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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