collection of its kind to offer in one reference:original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies inthe fieldFeatures over 30 original essays from some of the leadingscholars in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning,Jane Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and AndréGaudreaultCaters to renewed interest in film studies’ historicalmethods, with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources,providing a critical re-contextualization of films, printedmaterial and technologiesCovers a range of topics in early cinema, such as exhibition,promotion, industry, pre-cinema, and film criticismBroaches the latest research on the subject of archivalpractices, important particularly in the current digitalcontext

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