Book description
An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the
field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the field
- First collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original
theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the field
- Features over 30 original essays from some of the leading scholars
in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning, Jane
Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and André Gaudreault
- Caters to renewed interest in film studies' historical methods,
with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources, providing a
critical re-contextualization of films, printed material and technologies
- Covers a range of topics in early cinema, such as exhibition,
promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticism
- Broaches the latest research on the subject of archival practices,
important particularly in the current digital context
André Gaudreault is Professor in Film Studies at the Université
de Montréal, where he heads the research group GRAFICS (Groupe de
recherche sur l'avènement et la formation des institutions
cinématographique et scénique). He is also director of the bilingual
journal Cinémas, published in Montreal. He has presented
numerous scholarly papers and published extensively on film narration
and early cinema.
Nicolas Dulac is Lecturer in Film Studies at the Université de
Montréal. He has published on early cinema and turn-of-the-century
popular culture in journals such as 1895 Revue d'Histoire du
Cinéma, Cinema & Cie, and Early Popular Visual Culture.
Santiago
Hidalgo is Lecturer in Film Studies at the Université de
Montréal. He has published on early cinema, film criticism, and film
historiography in Cinémas and in conference proceedings for
events in Udine, Italy and Cerisy, France.
