Leger Grindon: Shadows on the Past

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#CC0000" alink="#CC0000"><center><hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade>A new genre of film is identified and explored<hr width="350" size="1" align="center" noshade><p><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566391818&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><img src="929_reg.gif" height=200 border=1 vspace=4></p></center><h1>Shadows on the Past</h1> <H2>Studies in the Historical Fiction Film</H2> <h3>Leger Grindon</h3> <P>cloth 1-56639-181-4 $69.50, Jun 94, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <br>paper 1-56639-182-2 $31.95, Jun 94, <FONT COLOR=#990033>Available</FONT> <br>Electronic Book 1-43990-488-X $31.95 <FONT COLOR=#990033>Out of Stock Unavailable</FONT> <BR> 264 pp 6x9 19 halftones </P><h3 align="center"><P><font color="#996633">Outstanding Academic Title, <i>Choice</i>, 1995</font></P> </H3> <BLOCKQUOTE><I>"This book is a unique and significant contribution to scholarship. It is the first work to deal with the historical film in meaningful terms, and will no doubt help to set the terms by which such films will be discussed in the future."</I> <br>&#151<b>Robert A. Rosenstone</b>, California Institute of Technology<I></I></BLOCKQUOTE> <p>Studying popular Hollywood films from <I>Gone With the Wind</I> to <I>Reds</I> and such distinguished European films as <I>La Marseillaise</I> and <I>The Rise to Power of Louis XIV</I>, Leger Grindon examines how historical fiction films interpret the present through a representation of the past. <p>The historical fiction film is characterized by a set of motives and, Grindon argues, deserves to be considered a genre unto itself. Appropriation of historical events can insinuate a film's authority of its subject, veil an intention, provide an escape into nostalgia, or direct a search for knowledge and origins. Utilizing the past as a way of responding to social conflicts in the present, Grindon shows how the genre promotes a political agenda, superseding the influence of scholarship on the public's perception and interpretation of history. <BR> <h2>Excerpt</h2><P>Excerpt available at <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress">www.temple.edu/tempress</a></p> <BR> <h2>Reviews</h2> <p><I>"Thoughtful and detailed, this [is] an excellent work."</I> <br>&#151<b><I>Choice</I></b> <BR> <h2>Contents</h2><P> <p>Illustrations <br>Acknowledgments <br>1. Analyzing the Historical Fiction Film <br>2. The Politics of History: <I>La Marseillaise</I> <br>3. Hollywood History and the French Revolution: From <I>The Bastille</I> to <I>The Black Book</I> <br>4. Risorgimento History and Screen Spectacle: Visconti's <I>Senso</I> <br>5. The Politics of the Spectacle: <I>The Rise to Power of Louis XIV</I> <br>6. Politics and History in Contemporary Hollywood: <I>Reds</I> <br>Coda <br>Notes <br>Index </P><BR> <H2>About the Author(s)</H2> <P><B>Leger Grindon</B> is Assistant Professor of Film and Television Studies at Middlebury College.</P> <BR><H2>Subject Categories</H2> <p><A HREF="/tempress/cinema.html" TARGET="_top">Cinema Studies</a> <BR><A HREF="/tempress/history.html" TARGET="_top">History</a> </p> <BR><h2 class="inpageheading">In the series</H2> <P><I><a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/culture.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Click for other books in this series!'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;" target="_top">Culture and the Moving Image</a></i>, edited by Robert Sklar. </p><p>The <I>Culture and the Moving Image</I> series, edited by Robert Sklar, seeks to publish innovative scholarship and criticism on cinema, television, and the culture of the moving image. The series will emphasize works that view these media in their broad cultural and social frameworks. Its themes will include a global perspective on the world-wide production of images; the links between film, television, and video art; a concern with issues of race, class, and gender; and an engagement with the growing convergence of history and theory in moving image studies.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/ChicagoBook.aspx?ISBN=9781566391818&&PRESS=temple" target="_top">Buy this book!</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">View Cart</a> | <a href="https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart/Cart.aspx?PRESS=temple" target="_top">Check Out</a></p><p><font face="Arial" size="1"><a href="copyright.html" onMouseOver="window.status='Web Copyright Policy';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Web Copyright Policy">©</a> 2015 <a href="http://www.temple.edu" target="new" onMouseOver="window.status='Link to Temple University home page';return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''" title="Link to Temple University home page">Temple University</a>. 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