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Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema [[electronic resource] ] : Sounding out Utopia / / by Paul Cuff
| Abel Gance and the End of Silent Cinema [[electronic resource] ] : Sounding out Utopia / / by Paul Cuff |
| Autore | Cuff Paul |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXXII, 241 p. 21 illus.) |
| Disciplina | 791.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Motion pictures and television
Ethnology—Europe Music Civilization—History Screen Studies European Culture Cultural History |
| ISBN | 3-319-38818-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface: The sublime and the ridiculous.-Part I: Overcoming the past -- Introduction -- 1. In the shadow of war -- 2. Towards utopia -- 3. Prophets of the future -- 4. Cinema and the life of space -- Summary: Part I -- Part II: Impossible dreams -- Introduction -- 5. Artistic integrity and industrial change -- 6. A history of incompletion -- Summary: Part II -- Part III: The marvels of ruins -- Introduction -- 7. Passion and performance -- 8. Fighting to be heard -- 9. The world on fire -- Summary: Part III -- Conclusion: "Why have I been only what I am?". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910150444603321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon / / Paul Cuff [[electronic resource]]
| A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon / / Paul Cuff [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Cuff Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
| Collana | Film culture in transition |
| ISBN | 90-485-2487-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface: Critical perspective -- 1. Napoleonic ambition and historical imagination -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Messiahs of the nineteenth century -- 1.3 Towards a new era -- 1.4 Cinema and the Napoleonic project -- 1.5 Historiography as ritual -- 1.6 Summary -- 2. Shaping expectations: The young Napoléon Bonaparte -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cinema as experiential art -- 2.3 Multiplying perspective -- 2.4 Father to the man -- 2.5 Invoking the future -- 2.6 Iconic isolation -- 2.7 Summary -- 3. Civilization and savagery: Visions of the French Revolution -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Reasoning with chaos -- 3.3 Community and spectatorship -- 3.4 Fire and phoenix -- 3.5 Summary -- 4. Mortal gods: Voices of power and of providence -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Communicating authority -- 4.3 Chaos and providence -- 4.4 Orchestrating murder -- 4.5 The rhetoric of the Terror -- 4.6 Summary -- 5. The dark light of Napoleonic cinema -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 'Bonaparte' and 'Napoléon' -- 5.3 Visual antitheses -- 5.4 Inheritance -- 5.5 The expansion of visual language -- 5.6 Summary -- 6. A view from the margins of history -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Oblivion and remembrance -- 6.3 Parallel lives -- 6.4 Documentation and survival -- 6.5 Forlorn recognition -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Melodrama and the formulations of family -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Incomplete families -- 7.3 Fate and fortune -- 7.4 Flirtation and observation -- 7.5 Negotiating the future -- 7.6 Love and war -- 7.7 Summary -- 8. Worlds in transition: Class, consumption, corruption -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Corrupting powers -- 8.3 New femininities -- 8.4 The Victims' Ball -- 8.5 Summary -- 9. Death and transfiguration -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 From history to legend -- 9.3 From individualism to universalism -- 9.4 Summary.
Conclusion: The case for enthusiasm -- Filmography and bibliography -- Index -- List of illustrations -- Note on formatting. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460803503321 |
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Cuff Paul
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| Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon / / Paul Cuff [[electronic resource]]
| A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon / / Paul Cuff [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Cuff Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
| Collana | Film culture in transition |
| Soggetto topico | ART / Film & Video |
| Soggetto non controllato | Abel Gance, Napoleon, |
| ISBN | 90-485-2487-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface: Critical perspective -- 1. Napoleonic ambition and historical imagination -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Messiahs of the nineteenth century -- 1.3 Towards a new era -- 1.4 Cinema and the Napoleonic project -- 1.5 Historiography as ritual -- 1.6 Summary -- 2. Shaping expectations: The young Napoléon Bonaparte -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cinema as experiential art -- 2.3 Multiplying perspective -- 2.4 Father to the man -- 2.5 Invoking the future -- 2.6 Iconic isolation -- 2.7 Summary -- 3. Civilization and savagery: Visions of the French Revolution -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Reasoning with chaos -- 3.3 Community and spectatorship -- 3.4 Fire and phoenix -- 3.5 Summary -- 4. Mortal gods: Voices of power and of providence -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Communicating authority -- 4.3 Chaos and providence -- 4.4 Orchestrating murder -- 4.5 The rhetoric of the Terror -- 4.6 Summary -- 5. The dark light of Napoleonic cinema -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 'Bonaparte' and 'Napoléon' -- 5.3 Visual antitheses -- 5.4 Inheritance -- 5.5 The expansion of visual language -- 5.6 Summary -- 6. A view from the margins of history -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Oblivion and remembrance -- 6.3 Parallel lives -- 6.4 Documentation and survival -- 6.5 Forlorn recognition -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Melodrama and the formulations of family -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Incomplete families -- 7.3 Fate and fortune -- 7.4 Flirtation and observation -- 7.5 Negotiating the future -- 7.6 Love and war -- 7.7 Summary -- 8. Worlds in transition: Class, consumption, corruption -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Corrupting powers -- 8.3 New femininities -- 8.4 The Victims' Ball -- 8.5 Summary -- 9. Death and transfiguration -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 From history to legend -- 9.3 From individualism to universalism -- 9.4 Summary.
Conclusion: The case for enthusiasm -- Filmography and bibliography -- Index -- List of illustrations -- Note on formatting. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797448203321 |
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Cuff Paul
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| Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon / / Paul Cuff [[electronic resource]]
| A revolution for the screen : Abel Gance's Napoleon / / Paul Cuff [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Cuff Paul |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
| Collana | Film culture in transition |
| Soggetto topico | ART / Film & Video |
| Soggetto non controllato | Abel Gance, Napoleon, |
| ISBN | 90-485-2487-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface: Critical perspective -- 1. Napoleonic ambition and historical imagination -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Messiahs of the nineteenth century -- 1.3 Towards a new era -- 1.4 Cinema and the Napoleonic project -- 1.5 Historiography as ritual -- 1.6 Summary -- 2. Shaping expectations: The young Napoléon Bonaparte -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Cinema as experiential art -- 2.3 Multiplying perspective -- 2.4 Father to the man -- 2.5 Invoking the future -- 2.6 Iconic isolation -- 2.7 Summary -- 3. Civilization and savagery: Visions of the French Revolution -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Reasoning with chaos -- 3.3 Community and spectatorship -- 3.4 Fire and phoenix -- 3.5 Summary -- 4. Mortal gods: Voices of power and of providence -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Communicating authority -- 4.3 Chaos and providence -- 4.4 Orchestrating murder -- 4.5 The rhetoric of the Terror -- 4.6 Summary -- 5. The dark light of Napoleonic cinema -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 'Bonaparte' and 'Napoléon' -- 5.3 Visual antitheses -- 5.4 Inheritance -- 5.5 The expansion of visual language -- 5.6 Summary -- 6. A view from the margins of history -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Oblivion and remembrance -- 6.3 Parallel lives -- 6.4 Documentation and survival -- 6.5 Forlorn recognition -- 6.6 Summary -- 7. Melodrama and the formulations of family -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Incomplete families -- 7.3 Fate and fortune -- 7.4 Flirtation and observation -- 7.5 Negotiating the future -- 7.6 Love and war -- 7.7 Summary -- 8. Worlds in transition: Class, consumption, corruption -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Corrupting powers -- 8.3 New femininities -- 8.4 The Victims' Ball -- 8.5 Summary -- 9. Death and transfiguration -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 From history to legend -- 9.3 From individualism to universalism -- 9.4 Summary.
Conclusion: The case for enthusiasm -- Filmography and bibliography -- Index -- List of illustrations -- Note on formatting. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816550103321 |
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Cuff Paul
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| Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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