Title
Devices of curiosity : early cinema and popular science / Oliver Gaycken.
ISBN
9780190235987 (ebook) :
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2015).
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Summary
'Devices of Curiosity' excavates a largely unknown genre of early cinema, the popular-science film. Primarily a work of cinema history, it also draws on the insights of the history of science. Beginning around 1903, a variety of producers made films about scientific topics for general audiences, inspired by a vision of cinema as an educational medium. This book traces the development of popular-science films over the first half of the silent era, from its beginnings in England to its flourishing in France around 1910.
Variant and related titles
Oxford scholarship online.
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Print version
Added to Catalog
September 01, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.