LIBROS DEL AUTOR: andrew shail

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  • The Origins of the Film Star System
    Andrew Shail
    Drawing on a wide range of archival sources, Andrew Shail traces the emergence of film stardom in Europe and North America in the early 20th century. Modifying and supplementing Richard deCordova’s account of the birth of the US star system, Shail describes the complex set of economic circumstances that led film studios and actors to consent to the adoption of a star system. He...
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    46,34 €

  • The Cinema and the Origins of Literary Modernism
    Andrew Shail
    Modernist writing has always been linked with cinema. The recent renaissance in early British film studies has allowed cinema to emerge as a major historical context for literary practice. Treating cinema as a historical rather than an aesthetic influence, this book analyzes the role of early British film culture in literature, thus providing the first account of cinema as a ca...
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    104,24 €

  • Neurology and Modernity
    Andrew Shail / Laura Salisbury
    As people of the modern era were singularly prone to nervous disorders, the nervous system became a model for describing political and social organization. This volume untangles the mutual dependencies of scientific neurology and the cultural attitudes of the period 1800-1950, exploring how and why modernity was a fundamentally nervous state. ...
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    66,18 €