{"product_id":"auteurs-and-authorship-a-film-reader-paperback","title":"Auteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Keith Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader\u003c\/i\u003e offers students an introductory and comprehensive view of perhaps the most central concept in film studies. This unique anthology addresses the aesthetic and historical debates surrounding auteurship while providing author criticism and analysis in practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines a number of mainstream and established directors, including John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Douglas Sirk, Frank Capra, Kathryn Bigelow, and Spike Lee\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures historically important, foundational texts as well as contemporary pieces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous student features, such as a general editor's introduction, short prefaces to each of the sections, bibliography, alternative tables of contents, and boxed features\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach essay deliberately focuses across film makers' oeuvres, rather than on one specific film, to enable lecturers to have flexibility in constructing their syllabi\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader\u003c\/i\u003e offers students an introductory and comprehensive view of perhaps the most central concept in film studies. This unique anthology addresses the aesthetic and historical debates surrounding auteurship while providing author criticism and analysis in practice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book draws on a wide variety of sources to highlight the major debates, criticisms, and analyses of traditional auteur theory and authorship in cinema. For the first time, classic and lesser-known film reviews are gathered in one convenient student volume. Francois Truffaut, Andre Bazin, Andrew Sarris, Pauline Kael, Peter Wollen, and Robin Wood are among the critics featured. The lifetime cinematic achievements of established directors such as John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Douglas Sirk, Frank Capra, Kathryn Bigelow, and Spike Lee are examined.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays are organized chronologically, except in cases where flexibility adds an important historical or practical dimension. The book is an ideal resource for use in courses on authorship in the cinema, auteur theory, film theory, film criticism, film aesthetics and history of film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarry Keith Grant\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film at Brock University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eFilm Genre: From Iconography to Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Genre Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Films by Frederick Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVoyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDocumenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 9.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710997918003,"sku":"9781405153348","price":114.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/l_3K-NJjTL9781405153348.webp?v=1763506631","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/auteurs-and-authorship-a-film-reader-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}