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Sergei M. Eisenstein : notes for a general history of cinema

Title
Sergei M. Eisenstein : notes for a general history of cinema / edited by Naum Kleiman & Antonio Somaini ; translations from Russian by Margo Shohl Rosen, Brinton Tench Coxe, and Natalie Ryabchikova.
Author
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948
Publication
  • Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Kleĭman, N. I. (Naum I.)
  • Somaini, Antonio
Description
545 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"An iconic figure in twentieth-century cinema, Sergei M. Eisenstein directed landmark films such as Battleship Potemkin and Ivan the Terrible and authored a vast body of theoretical texts. This is the first English-language edition of his recently rediscovered notes for a 'general history of cinema.' In these, Eisenstein presents a fascinating genealogy of the media and art forms that preceded the birth of cinema and accompanied its first decades. Cinema is presented as a medium in constant flux and as heir to an expansive tradition, ranging from Dionysian mysteries to death masks and mummies, from wax museums to dioramas and panoramas, pursuing a breathtaking trajectory 'from Dionysus to television.' Eisenstein's notes are accompanied by a series of previously unpublished critical essays by internationally recognized Eisenstein scholars"--Back cover.
Series Statement
Film theory in media history
Uniform Title
Film theory in media history.
Alternative Title
Notes for a general history of cinema
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-523) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translated from the Russian.
Contents
Foreword / Naum Kleiman -- Cinema as "dynamic mummification," history as montage : Einstein's media archaeology / Antonio Somaini -- Notes for a general history of cinema / Sergei M. Eisenstein -- What renders Daumier's art so cinematic for Eisenstein? / Ada Ackerman -- "The heritage we renounce" : Eisenstein in historio-graphy / François Albera -- The Notes for a general history of cinema and the dialectic of the Eistensteinian image / Luka Arsenjuk -- Act now!, or For an untimely Eistenstein / Nico Baumbach -- Pathos and praxis (Eisenstein versus Barthes) / Georges Didi-Huberman -- Eisenstein's absolutely wonderful, totally impossible project / Jane Gaines -- Dynamic typicality / Abe Geil -- Archaeology vs. paleontology : a note on Eisenstein's Notes for a general history of cinema / Vinzenz Hediger -- Point--pathos--totality / Mikhail Iampolski -- Distant echoes / Arun Khopkar -- "Synthesis" of the arts or "friendly cooperation" between the arts? : the general history of cinema according to Eistenstein / Pietro Montani -- Eisenstein's mummy complex : temporality, trauma, and a distinction in Eisenstein's Notes for a general history of cinema / Philip Rosen -- Sergei Eisenstein and the Soviet models for the study of cinema, 1920s-1940s / Masha Salazkina and Natalie Ryabchikova.
Call Number
MWES (Eisenstein, S.) 16-4761
ISBN
  • 9789089642837
  • 9089642838
  • 9789089648440
  • 9089648445
LCCN
9789089648440
OCLC
748349700
Author
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, author.
Title
Sergei M. Eisenstein : notes for a general history of cinema / edited by Naum Kleiman & Antonio Somaini ; translations from Russian by Margo Shohl Rosen, Brinton Tench Coxe, and Natalie Ryabchikova.
Publisher
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Film theory in media history
Film theory in media history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-523) and index.
Language
Translated from the Russian.
Added Author
Container of (work): Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948. Notes for a general history of cinema.
Kleĭman, N. I. (Naum I.), editor.
Somaini, Antonio, editor.
Other Form:
9789048517114
(GyWOH)har165011537
9789089642837
(GyWOH)har165013068
Other Standard Identifier
9789089648440
Research Call Number
MWES (Eisenstein, S.) 16-4761
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