Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-265) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : History and Film in Parallel Orbits -- Part I. Historical and Theoretical Questions. The Archaeology of the Debate : Cinema and Literature as Analogies for History -- Media Specificity and the Analogy of the Digital -- The Theory and Practice of History -- Part II. History on Film : Narrating and Explaining the Past. The Poetics of History and the Poetics of the Historical Film -- The Representation of History in the Fiction Film -- The Representation of History in the Documentary -- Conclusion : Filmic History in the Twentieth Century--a Successful Performance of Failure.
Summary:
"A bold and original theoretical approach to the representation of history on film"-- Provided by publisher.
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