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Yes, you can access Jean Epstein by Sarah Keller, Jason N. Paul, Sarah Keller,Jason N. Paul in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Médias et arts de la scène & Film et vidéo. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Amsterdam University Press

Year

2012

eBook ISBN

9789048513840

Edition

Topic

Médias et arts de la scène

Subtopic

Film et vidéo

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction. Jean Epstein and the Revolt of Cinema
Essays
Epstein’s Photogénie as Corporeal Vision: Inner Sensation, Queer Embodiment, and Ethics
Novelty and Poiesis in the Early Writings of Jean Epstein
The Cinema of the Kaleidoscope
Distance is [Im]material: Epstein Versus Etna
“The Supremacy of the Mathematical Poem”: Jean Epstein’s Conceptions of Rhythm
The “Microscope of Time”: Slow Motion in Jean Epstein’s Writings
A Different Nature
Cinema Seen from the Seas: Epstein and the Oceanic
A Temporal Perspective: Jean Epstein’s Writings on Technology and Subjectivity
Ultra-Modern: Jean Epstein, or Cinema “Serving the Forces of Transgression and Revolt”
Thoughts on Photogénie Plastique
Translations
Introduction: Epstein’s Writings
La Poésie d’aujourd’hui, un nouvel état d’intelligence (1921)
Bonjour Cinéma (1921)
La Lyrosophie (1922)
Le Cinématographe vu de l’Etna (1926)
L’intelligence d’une machine (1946)
Le Cinéma du diable (1947)
Later Works
Late Articles
Afterword: Reclaiming Jean Epstein
Filmography
Select Bibliography
Notes on Contributors
Index of Names
Index of Films and Major Writings by Jean Epstein
Index of Films

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