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Reading the Silver Screen

A Film Lover's Guide to Decoding the Art Form That Moves

Reading the Silver Screen( )
Author: Foster, Thomas C.
Read by: Pratt, Sean
James, Lloyd
ISBN:978-1-4417-1077-2
Publication Date:Sep 2016
Publisher:HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:USD $59.99
Book Description:

From the New York Times bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes an indispensable analysis of our most celebrated medium, film.

No art form is as instantly and continuously gratifying as film. When the house lights go down and the lion roars, we settle in to be shocked, frightened, elated, moved, and thrilled. We expect magic. While we're being exhilarated and terrified, our minds are also processing data of all sorts--visual, linguistic, auditory,...
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Detailed Subjects: Performing Arts / General
Author Biography
Foster, Thomas C. (Author)
Thomas C. Foster is a professor of English at the University of Michigan-Flint. He teaches contemporary fiction, drama, poetry, creative writing, and composition. He is the author of several books including Twenty-Five Books That Shaped America: How White Whales, Green Lights, and Restless Spirits Forged Our National Identity, How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines, and How to Read Novels Like a Professor: A Jaunty Exploration of the World's Favorite Literary Form.

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