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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. PROVOCAITVE: VIVID: THRILLING: ABSORBING: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2007) First Printing: NEW handsomely-designed mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $40.00 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, NEW striking library-durable black-vinyl-over-boards cover, NEW perfect binding w/ tight signatures & black cloth bands at spine-caps, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE jet-black card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in Caslon 540 w/ Americana headings on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * Introduction (xiii), Sources & Acknowledgments (715) * 6.24" x 9.50" x1.74", 1.08 kg, xxvii+722 (750) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: From Birth of a Nation to Sideways, 90 years of great writing that shaped how we think about the movies: A dual history of American movies & movie reviews evaluates how the nation's films have both fostered new ways of seeing the world & inspired an extraordinary body of critical writing in a collection of essays including contributions by such figures as James Agee, Ralph Ellison, & Roger Ebert. *HIGHEST PRAISE: "This provocative collection provides not only dozens of colorful close-ups of iconic movies but also a vivid panorama of modern times." -A. Scott Berg "An on-the-spot history of the coming into being of a new narrative medium. The arc of this story, as traced by Phillip Lopate, is thrilling." -Jonathan Lethem "With his deep knowledge of the medium, Phillip Lopate provides a tour of a century of film and the splendid writing it has inspired. Lopate, a gifted essayist, is an ideal guide to these riches." -Roger Ebert "Few books published this season will prove more absorbing." The Atlantic * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates. Seller Inventory # 010253
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