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Cinema Muto (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
Jesse Lee Kercheval
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Description for Cinema Muto (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
Paperback. A collection of poems that examines the enduring themes of time, mortality, and love as revealed through the power of silent film. It celebrates the flickering tales of madness and adventure, drama and love, which are all too often left to decay within forgotten vaults. Series Editor(s): Tribble, Jon. Series: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 168.
This book celebrates the golden age of silent cinema. In ""Cinema Muto"", Jesse Lee Kercheval examines the enduring themes of time, mortality, and love as revealed through the power of silent film. Following the ten days of the annual Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Italy, this collection of ekphrastic poems are love letters to the evocative power of silent cinema. Kercheval's poems elegantly capture the allure of these rare films, which compel hundreds of pilgrims from around the world - from scholars and archivists, to artists and connoisseurs - to flock to Italy each autumn. ""Cinema Muto"" celebrates the ... Read more
This book celebrates the golden age of silent cinema. In ""Cinema Muto"", Jesse Lee Kercheval examines the enduring themes of time, mortality, and love as revealed through the power of silent film. Following the ten days of the annual Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Italy, this collection of ekphrastic poems are love letters to the evocative power of silent cinema. Kercheval's poems elegantly capture the allure of these rare films, which compel hundreds of pilgrims from around the world - from scholars and archivists, to artists and connoisseurs - to flock to Italy each autumn. ""Cinema Muto"" celebrates the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Series
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Editor's Selection
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809328956
SKU
V9780809328956
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About Jesse Lee Kercheval
Jesse Lee Kercheval is the award-winning author of The Alice Stories and Space: a Memoir. She is the Sally Mead Hands Bascom Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin and director of the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing.
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