Description: Reading the Cinematograph: The Cinema in British Short Fiction 1896-1912 by Andrew Shail "Reading the Cinematograph" pairs eight short stories about the cinema—including works by such notables as Rudyard Kipling and Sax Rohmer—with eight new essays from leading film and literary scholars like Tom Gunning and Andrew Higson to reveal the influence that film and fiction had on one another in Britain at the beginning of the twentieth century. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Cinema in British Short Fiction 1896-1912. Author Biography Andrew Shail is Lecturer in Film at Newcastle University. Table of Contents Reading the Cinematograph: Introduction, Andrew ShailStory 1: Our Detective Story (24 January 1897) by Dagonet [George R. Sims]Chapter 1: George R. Sims and the Film as Evidence, Stephen BottomoreStory 2: The Awful Story of Heley Croft (20 May 1899) by A.S. AppelbeeChapter 2: Cinema Re-Mystified: A.S. Appelbees Technological Ghost Story, David Trotter and Chris ORourkeStory 3: Colonel Rankins Advertisement (December 1901) by Raymond RayneChapter 3: The Great American Kinetograph: News, Fakery and the Boer War, Andrew ShailStory 4: Mrs Bathurst (September 1904) by Rudyard KiplingChapter 4: "The Very Thing": Rudyard Kiplings Mrs Bathurst, Tom GunningStory 5: The Green Spider (October 1904) by A[rthur Henry] Sarsfield Ward, a.k.a. Sax RohmerChapter 5: Only from the Senses: Detection, Early Cinema and a Giant Green Spider, Stacy GillisStory 6: Romantic Lucy (Summer 1911) by Alphonse CourlanderChapter 6: "She Had So Many Appearances": Alphonse Courlander and the Birth of the Moving Picture Girl, Jon BurrowsStory 7: Love and the Bioscope: A Heart-Thrilling Story of a Deserted Bride (8 June 1912) by Mrs H.J. BickleChapter 7: Melodrama, Sensation and the Discourse of Modernity in Love and the Bioscope, Lise Shapiro SandersStory 8; The Sense of Touch (December 1912) by Ole Luk-Oie [Ernest Dunlop Swinton]Chapter 8: A visit to the cinema in 1912: The Sense of Touch, Andrew Higson Review As entertaining as it is edifying, Reading the Cinematograph showcases the transformative presence - and role - of cinema in British short fiction at the turn of the twentieth century. Andrew Shail has devised a marvelous format for the occasion; eight stories, reprinted in full and accompanied by their original illustration, followed by valuable critical commentary by eminent film scholars, and framed by Shails indispensable historical/ critical introduction and sure editorial hand. A work of impeccable and imaginative scholarship...Maria DiBattista, Professor of English and Chair of the Film Studies Committee, Princeton University, and author of Fast Talking Dames (Yale UP) `... the volume sustains an unbroken fascination with the wider implications of emergent cinematic technologies and modes of representation. It accurately reflects the widely felt cultural significances that were attributed to moving pictures and therefore will be valuable reading for cultural historians of the period as well as historians of cinema. (Victorian Studies. Volume 54, No. 5, Summer 2012) Review Text "As entertaining as it is edifying, Reading the Cinematograph showcases the transformative presence - and role - of cinema in British short fiction at the turn of the twentieth century. Andrew Shail has devised a marvelous format for the occasion; eight stories, reprinted in full and accompanied by their original illustration, followed by valuable critical commentary by eminent film scholars, and framed by Shails indispensable historical/ critical introduction and sure editorial hand. A work of impeccable and imaginative scholarship..." Maria DiBattista, Professor of English and Chair of the Film Studies Committee, Princeton University, and author of Fast Talking Dames (Yale UP) "... the volume sustains an unbroken fascination with the wider implications of emergent cinematic technologies and modes of representation. It accurately reflects the widely felt cultural significances that were attributed to moving pictures and therefore will be valuable reading for cultural historians of the period as well as historians of cinema." (Victorian Studies. Volume 54, No. 5, Summer 2012) Review Quote As entertaining as it is edifying, Reading the Cinematograph showcases the transformative presence - and role - of cinema in British short fiction at the turn of the twentieth century. Andrew Shail has devised a marvelous format for the occasion; eight stories, reprinted in full and accompanied by their original illustration, followed by valuable critical commentary by eminent film scholars, and framed by Shails indispensable historical/ critical introduction and sure editorial hand. A work of impeccable and imaginative scholarship... Maria DiBattista, Professor of English and Chair of the Film Studies Committee, Princeton University, and author of Fast Talking Dames (Yale UP) Details ISBN0859898547 Pages 336 Publisher University of Exeter Press Series University of Exeter Press - Exeter Studies in History Language English ISBN-10 0859898547 ISBN-13 9780859898546 Media Book Format Paperback Author Andrew Shail Imprint University of Exeter Press Place of Publication Exeter Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Andrew Shail Illustrations 40 b&w illustrations Publication Date 2011-03-07 Short Title READING THE CINEMATOGRAPH Year 2011 Subtitle The Cinema in British Short Fiction, 1896-1912 DEWEY 823.01093579 Audience College/Higher Education UK Release Date 2011-02-01 AU Release Date 2011-02-01 NZ Release Date 2011-02-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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Book Title: Reading the Cinematograph: the Cinema in British Short Fiction, 1896-1912
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Author: Dr. Andrew Shail
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Language: English
Topic: Literature, Short Stories, History
Publisher: David Trotter, Jon Burrows, Prof. Andrew Higson, Tom Gunning, Stephen Bottomore, Stacy Gillis, Chris O'Rourke, Lise Shapiro Sanders, University of Exeter Press
Publication Year: 2011
Type: Textbook
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
