The Legend of Maya Deren: A Documentary Biography and Collected Works. Volume I, Part One: Signatures (1917-42). (Film Culture 72-75)

(Maya Deren.) VeVe A. Clark, Millicent Hodson, and Catrina Neiman; Francine Bailey Price (Director of Photography); Hollis Melton (General Editor); Jonas Mekas (ed.)

ISBN 10: 0911689168 / ISBN 13: 9780911689167

Published by Anthology Film Archives and Film Culture, New York, NY, 1984

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8vo. Black cloth, lettered to the spine in red. xxx, 514pp. Illustrated. 'Volume I, Part One: "Signatures" (1917-42) includes Maya Deren's schoolgirl letters, articles she wrote for socialist youth journals in the Thirties, as well as her correspondence, poetry, fiction and essays from that period, published here together for the first time. In addition, her life history between 1917 and 1942 is further documented by interviews with friends and family, photographs and other visual material.' This and Volume I, Part Two were available both as a set and separately, and comprised issues 72-75 of Jonas Mekas' 'Film Culture'. Very Good, with mild dustiness to the head edge and a few spots/marks to the tail edge, the boards also a little marked, the jacket creased to a corner of the upper flap, a touch faded to the red parts of the spine (not affecting legibility), slightly rubbed with a 2cm closed split to the upper spine fold, but Very Good all in all.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Legend of Maya Deren: A Documentary Biography and Collected Works. Volume I, Part One: Signatures (1917-42). (Film Culture 72-75)
• Publisher: Anthology Film Archives and Film Culture, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0911689168
• ISBN 13: 9780911689167
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

The Legend of Maya Deren is a four volume project that re-examines the life of filmmaker and ethnographer Maya Deren. Volume 1, Signatures concerns Deren's early and university life, involvement in socialist youth groups and early poetry and fiction. Chambers, part 2 ilustrates her development as a filmmaker through her first four films with documents on their production and reception. The Legend of Maya Deren is the most comprehensive work on Deren's life to date.