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The recipient of the Jay Leyda Prize in Cinema Studies from the US Anthology Film Archives, this two-volume work explores the emergence of French film theory before the essays of Andre Bazin. The anthology contains selections from 150 texts, many published in English for the first time.

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"Constitutes an excellent research tool for scholars of French cinema but also, importantly, for those concerned with the development of film theory and criticism generally."--Ginette Vincendeau, Screen "[Richard Abel] has put all interested in French cinema deeply in his debt."--D. J. Wenden, English Historical Review

French Film Theory and Criticism A History

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 12/09/1993
      ISBN13: 9780691000626, 978-0691000626
      ISBN10: 069100062X
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      Book Synopsis
      The recipient of the Jay Leyda Prize in Cinema Studies from the US Anthology Film Archives, this two-volume work explores the emergence of French film theory before the essays of Andre Bazin. The anthology contains selections from 150 texts, many published in English for the first time.

      Trade Review
      "Constitutes an excellent research tool for scholars of French cinema but also, importantly, for those concerned with the development of film theory and criticism generally."--Ginette Vincendeau, Screen "[Richard Abel] has put all interested in French cinema deeply in his debt."--D. J. Wenden, English Historical Review

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