Close Up 1927-1933: Cinema and Modernism [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

James Donald (Author), Anne Friedberg (Author), Laura Marcus (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0304335215 | ISBN-13: 978-0304335213 | Publication Date: May 1998 | Edition: illustrated edition

Between 1927 and 1933, the journal "Close Up" championed a European avant-garde in film-making. It was edited by the writer and film-maker, Kenneth MacPherson and among its regular contributors were the poet H.D., Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Richardson and Virginia Woolf (whose essay on cinema is reprinted here in full). This volume republishes articles from the journal, with an introduction and a commentary on the lives of, and complex relationships between, its writers and editors.

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About the Author

Laura Marcus is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group (Sd); illustrated edition edition (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0304335215
• ISBN-13: 978-0304335213
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I am working on the relations between cinema and poetry in the modernist period and this compilation of the Close Up articles has been most useful for my study. The introductions to every section are very enlightening, and the articles I was especially interested in, those from H.D, very accurately chosen.