The World in a Frame – What We See in Films 25th Aniiversary Edition - Softcover

Braudy, L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226071561 ISBN 13: 9780226071565

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2002

Synopsis

Now a classic, The World in a Frame covers the history of popular American films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Leo Braudy, one of America's leading film critics, gives an account of the histories of visual style and film genres, as well as techniques of characterization - all in an evolving cultural context. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a new preface addressing developments in film since 1976.

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About the Author

Leo Braudy is Leo S. Bing Professor of English at the University of Southern California. He is the author, most recently, of The Frenzy of Renown. Fame and Its History, second edition and coeditor of Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, fifth edition.

From the Back Cover

Now a classic, The World in a Frame covers the history of popular American films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Leo Braudy, one of America's leading film critics, gives an account of the histories of visual style and film genres, as well as techniques of characterization-all in an evolving cultural context. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the author addressing developments in film since the book was first published in 1976.

From the Inside Flap

Now a classic, The World in a Frame covers the history of popular American films from the 1930s to the 1970s. Leo Braudy, one of America's leading film critics, gives an account of the histories of visual style and film genres, as well as techniques of characterization-all in an evolving cultural context. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition includes a new preface by the author addressing developments in film since the book was first published in 1976.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226071561
• ISBN 13: 9780226071565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284