O'Donnell Knowing It When You See It

Henry James/Cinema
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8278-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series, Literature . . . in Theory

Lively analysis of how Henry James's fiction anticipates later filmmakers' concerns with what we can see and what we can know.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Donnell, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: "The Business of Looking"

1. Of Birds and Birdcages: "In the Cage" and The Birds

2. Childhood Living: What Maisie Knew and Kill Bill

3. Frame-Up: James, Caché, and the Borders of the Visible

4. Mementos: "The Beast in the Jungle" and Memento

5. Experience Machines: The Ambassadors and Rear Window

Epilogue A Brief Reflection on Melancholia

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick O'Donnell is Professor Emeritus of English at Michigan State University. He is the author and editor of many books, including A Temporary Future: The Fiction of David Mitchell and (coedited with David W. Madden and Justus Nieland) The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century American Fiction.