Dickens and the Dream of Cinema

by Grahame Smith

Book Overview

An original blending of literary and film studies which seeks to dissolve barriers between the two disciplines. Offers a new reading of Dickens from the perspective of film, technology and visuality. Proposes a new reading of the emergence of film in the light of social and industrial transformations. Suggests that Dickens was one of the forces which contributed to the appearance of film towards the end of the nineteenth century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719055636
• ISBN13: 9780719055638
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.7"