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Edward Branigan - The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory - 9781138849150 - V9781138849150
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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory

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Description for The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory Paperback. Editor(s): Branigan, Edward; Buckland, Warren. Num Pages: 566 pages, 4 black & white tables, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: APFA; GBC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 32. Weight in Grams: 888.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory is an international reference work representing the essential ideas and concepts at the centre of film theory from the beginning of the twentieth century, to the beginning of the twenty-first.

When first encountering film theory, students are often confronted with a dense, interlocking set of texts full of arcane terminology, inexact formulations, sliding definitions, and abstract generalities. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory challenges these first impressions by aiming to make film theory accessible and open to new readers.

Edward Branigan and Warren Buckland have commissioned over 50 scholars from around the globe to address the ... Read more

The result is a highly accessible volume that clearly defines, and analyzes step by step, many of the fundamental concepts in film theory, ranging from familiar concepts such as ‘Apparatus’, ‘Gaze’, ‘Genre’, and ‘Identification’, to less well-known and understood, but equally important concepts, such as Alain Badiou’s ‘Inaesthetics’, Gilles Deleuze’s ‘Time-Image’, and Jean-Luc Nancy’s ‘Evidence’.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory is an ideal reference book for undergraduates of film studies, as well as graduate students new to the discipline.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
526
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138849150
SKU
V9781138849150
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Edward Branigan
Edward Branigan is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Projecting a Camera: Language-Games in Film Theory, Narrative Comprehension and Film, and Point of View in the Cinema: A Theory of Narration and Subjectivity in Classical Film. With Charles Wolfe, he is the general editor ... Read more

Reviews for The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory
"The Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory is an astonishing achievement. Comprehensive – organized around no fewer than 83 distinct concepts – and authored by recognized specialists, it is sure to establish itself as a great teaching resource. Entries are concise and informative, written in clear language, which makes them especially helpful to students coming to film theory for the first ... Read more

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