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Author:

Cohen, Paula Marantz, 1953-

Title:

Silent film & the triumph of the American myth / Paula Marantz Cohen.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

viii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Silent films--United States--History and criticism.
Films muets--États-Unis--Histoire et critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-210) and index.

Contents:

Literary antecedents of American silent film -- Houdini, Keaton, and the rise of the body -- Hart, Fairbanks, and the vitalization of landscape -- Griffith, Gish, and the narrative of the face -- The birth of the star system and the shaping of the modern self -- The transition to sound.

ISBN:

9780195140941 (pbk.)
019514094X (pbk.)
9780195140934 (alk. paper)
0195140931 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)43985499

LCCN:

00033655

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UWAX953 -- Waldorf University - Luise V. Hanson Library (Forest City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)