{"product_id":"9781405107600","title":"What Cinema Is! Bazin's Quest and its Charge","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley-Blackwell Manifestos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eWhat Cinema Is!\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eBazin's Quest and its Charge\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDudley Andrew\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhat Cinema Is!\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweeping look back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten by one of the foremost film scholars of our time\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEstablishes cinema's distinction from the current enthusiasm over audio-visual entertainment, without relegating cinema to a single, older mode\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines cinema's institutions and its social force through the qualities of key films\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the history of an idea that has made cinema supremely alive to (and in) our times\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eDudley Andrew\u003c\/b\u003e is the R. Selden Rose Professor of Film and Comparative Literature at Yale University. The author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eMists of Regret\u003c\/i\u003e (1995) and \u003ci\u003ePopular Front Paris\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), he is an Officier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 May 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405107600\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8.64\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383653068940,"sku":"9781405107600","price":39.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405107600.jpg?v=1780239802","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405107600","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}