View in EDS PDF Full Text ePub Full Text

Artificial Generation : Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Artificial Generation : Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity
Description: Artificial Generation: Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity investigates the intersection of film theory and nineteenth-century literature, arguing that the depth of amalgamation that occurred within literary representation during this era aims to replicate an illusion of life and its sensations, in ways directly related to broader transitions into our modern cinematic age. A key part of this evolution in representation relies on the continual re-emergence of the artificial woman as longstanding expression of masculine artistic subjectivity, which, by the later nineteenth century, becomes a photographic and filmic drive. Moving through the beginning of film history, from Georges Méliès and other “silent” filmmakers in the 1890s, into more contemporary movies, including Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the book analyzes how films are often structured around the prior century's mythic and literary principles, which now serve as foundation for film as medium—a phantom form for life's re-presentation. Artificial Generation provides a crucial reassessment of the longstanding, mutual exchange between cinematic and literary reproduction, offering an innovative perspective on the proto-cinematic imperative of simulation within nineteenth-century literary symbolism.
Authors: Christina Parker-Flynn
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Representation (Philosophy), Modernism (Art), Motion pictures--Philosophy, French literature--19th century--History and criticism, Motion pictures and literature
Categories: LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
  – Type: ebook-epub
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 2757879
RelevancyScore: 1110
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1109.74133300781
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$2757879$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$2757879$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Artificial Generation : Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: Artificial Generation: Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity investigates the intersection of film theory and nineteenth-century literature, arguing that the depth of amalgamation that occurred within literary representation during this era aims to replicate an illusion of life and its sensations, in ways directly related to broader transitions into our modern cinematic age. A key part of this evolution in representation relies on the continual re-emergence of the artificial woman as longstanding expression of masculine artistic subjectivity, which, by the later nineteenth century, becomes a photographic and filmic drive. Moving through the beginning of film history, from Georges Méliès and other “silent” filmmakers in the 1890s, into more contemporary movies, including Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the book analyzes how films are often structured around the prior century's mythic and literary principles, which now serve as foundation for film as medium—a phantom form for life's re-presentation. Artificial Generation provides a crucial reassessment of the longstanding, mutual exchange between cinematic and literary reproduction, offering an innovative perspective on the proto-cinematic imperative of simulation within nineteenth-century literary symbolism.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Christina+Parker-Flynn%22">Christina Parker-Flynn</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Representation+%28Philosophy%29%22">Representation (Philosophy)</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Modernism+%28Art%29%22">Modernism (Art)</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Motion+pictures--Philosophy%22">Motion pictures--Philosophy</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22French+literature--19th+century--History+and+criticism%22">French literature--19th century--History and criticism</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Motion+pictures+and+literature%22">Motion pictures and literature</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LITERARY+CRITICISM+%2F+General%22">LITERARY CRITICISM / General</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LITERARY+CRITICISM+%2F+Feminist%22">LITERARY CRITICISM / Feminist</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LITERARY+CRITICISM+%2F+European+%2F+French%22">LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22PERFORMING+ARTS+%2F+Film+%2F+History+%26+Criticism%22">PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=2757879
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 840.9007
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Representation (Philosophy)
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Modernism (Art)
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Motion pictures--Philosophy
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: French literature--19th century--History and criticism
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Motion pictures and literature
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Artificial Generation : Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Christina Parker-Flynn
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Christina Parker-Flynn
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2022
            – D: 01
              M: 11
              Type: profile
              Y: 2021
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781978825062
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781978825079
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781978825086
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781978825109
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Artificial Generation : Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity
              Type: main
ResultId 1