Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth

Name: Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth
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ISBN: 9780195140941

ISBN-10: 019514094X

ISBN-13: 9780195140941

Edition: 2001

Authors: Paula Marantz Cohen

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Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth is a broad cultural study that connects the rise of film to the rise of America as a cultural center and world power in the twentieth century. Cohen argues that through the medium of film, America was able to sever its literary and linguistic ties to Europe, assert its cultural independence, and forge a unique form of cultural expression. Silent films drew on elements developed in popular forms of representation like photography, landscape panoramas, and vaudeville performance to create a medium that more accurately represented the American experience.

Book details

List price: $44.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/3/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 234
Size: 5.71" wide x 8.90" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction



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


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index