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Letters and Literacy in Hollywood Film

by E. Gallafent

Type
Essays
Subject
General
Keywords
correspondence
Publishing date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Collection
Palgrave Close Readings in Film and Television
Language
English
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Physical desc.
Hardcover • 151 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)
ISBN
978-1-137-02218-9
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Book Presentation:
We are so used to images of words that it is easy to ignore the different ways in which they work in films. This book explores both the letters that come in the post and the many other kinds that are offered to us on screen.

About the Author:
Edward Gallafent teaches Film Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Clint Eastwood: Actor and Director (1994), Astaire and Rogers (2000) and Quentin Tarantino (2006). He is a member of the Editorial Board of the online publication Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism.

Press Reviews:
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See the publisher website: Palgrave MacMillan

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