Words and images on the screen : language, literature, moving pictures /

Words and images on the screen : language, literature, moving pictures /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 393 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Motion pictures and literature. Film adaptations. Motion pictures -- History. Film adaptations. Motion pictures. Motion pictures and literature. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11283635

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Other authors / contributors:	Pethö, Ágnes.
ISBN:	9781847188434 1847188435 9781443806275 1443806277 9786612190162 6612190167
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	The screen has never been merely a canvas for the images to be displayed but also - to quote Jean-Luc Godard - "a blank page", a surface for inscriptions and a "stage" for all kinds of linguistic occurrences be their audible or visual. Word did not come into the world of cinema at the time of the talkies but has been a primordial medial "companion" that has shaped the cinematic experience from its very beginnings. This volume offers a collection of essays that question the role of words and i ...
Other form:	Print version: Words and images on the screen. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2008 9781847188434

Table of Contents:

pt. I. Literature into cinema
pt. II. Word and image experience in moving pictures
pt. III. Cinematic passages between word-image-reality.