Overview
Argues that 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
Demonstrates the development of the war film genre from the silent era up to the present
Explores how representational modes cemented different formulas for providing war stories with emotional content
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John Trafton is Research Coordinator at the University of St Andrews, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The American Civil War and the Hollywood War Film
Authors: John Trafton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-49702-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57387-5Published: 09 February 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-49702-4Published: 29 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 194
Topics: American Culture, Film History, US History