{"product_id":"9781405153348","title":"Auteurs and Authorship A Film Reader","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAuteurs and Authorship\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Film Reader\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBarry Keith Grant\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAuteurs and Authorship: A Film Reader\u003c\/i\u003e offers students an introductory and comprehensive view of perhaps the most central concept in film studies. This unique anthology addresses the aesthetic and historical debates surrounding auteurship while providing author criticism and analysis in practice.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines a number of mainstream and established directors, including John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, Douglas Sirk, Frank Capra, Kathryn Bigelow, and Spike Lee\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures historically important, foundational texts as well as contemporary pieces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes numerous student features, such as a general editor's introduction, short prefaces to each of the sections, bibliography, alternative tables of contents, and boxed features\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach essay deliberately focuses across film makers’ oeuvres, rather than on one specific film, to enable lecturers to have flexibility in constructing their syllabi\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eBarry Keith Grant\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film at Brock University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including \u003ci\u003eFilm Genre: From Iconography to Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Genre Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFive Films by Frederick Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVoyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDocumenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19 February 2008\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\u003e9781405153348\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\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310491332748,"sku":"9781405153348","price":53.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405153348.jpg?v=1780159056","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781405153348","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}