Dickens and the Dream of Cinema

by Graham Smith

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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.
  • ISBN10 0719055636
  • ISBN13 9780719055638
  • Publish Date 30 September 2013
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Manchester University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Language English