Figuring the past : period film and the mannerist aesthetic /
"This definitive work offers a new approach to the period film at the turn of the twenty-first century, examining the ways in which contemporary cinema recreates the historical past. This book explores the relation between visual motifs and cultural representation in a range of key films by Jam...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Film culture in transition.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: period film and the mannerist moment
- A poetics of figuration
- Present in the past: The house
- Time and the image: the tableau
- The scene of writing: the letter
- Conclusion-Second sight: reviewing the past, figuring the present.
