The American Civil War and the Hollywood War Film

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by John Trafton

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Historical films

Keywords

war films, United States, historical films

Publishing date

2016

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 203 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-349-57387-5

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Book Presentation:
Throughout film history, war films have been in constant dialogue with both previous depictions of war and contemporary debates and technology. War films remember older war film cycles and draw upon the resources of the present day to say something new about the nature of war. The American Civil War was viscerally documented through large-scale panorama paintings, still photography, and soldier testimonials, leaving behind representational principles that would later inform the development of the war film genre from the silent era up to the present. This book explores how each of these representational modes cemented different formulas for providing war stories with emotional content.

About the Author:
John Trafton is Research Coordinator at the University of St Andrews, UK.

See the publisher website: Palgrave MacMillan