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Cinematic Fictions - The Impact of the Cinema on the American Novel up to World War II (Paperback)
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Cinematic Fictions - The Impact of the Cinema on the American Novel up to World War II (Paperback)
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The phrase 'cinematic fiction' has now been generally accepted into
critical discourse, but is usually applied to post-war novels. This
book asks a simple question: given their fascination with the new
medium of film, did American novelists attempt to apply cinematic
methods in their own writings? From its very beginnings the cinema
has played a special role in defining American culture. Covering
the period from the 1910s up to the Second World War, Cinematic
Fictions offers new insights into classics like The Great Gatsby
and The Grapes of Wrath discussing major writers' critical writings
on film and active participation in film-making. Cinematic Fictions
is also careful not to portray 'cinema' as a single or stable
entity. Some novelists drew on silent film; others looked to the
Russian theorists for inspiration; and yet others turned to
continental film-makers rather than to Hollywood. Film itself was
constantly evolving during the first decades of the twentieth
century and the writers discussed here engaged in a kind of
dialogue with the new medium, selectively pursuing strategies of
montage, limited point of view and scenic composition towards their
different ends. Contrasting a diverse range of cinematic and
literary movements, this will be compulsory reading for scholars of
American literature and film.
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