An introduction to film history, this anthology covers the history of film from 1895. It is arranged chronologically, and each chapter contains an introduction on the key developments within the period. Various types of film history are undertaken to enable students to become familiar with different types of film historical research.
Focusing on Robert Penn Warren, John Crowe Ransom, and Allen Tate, this work explores the emergence of New Criticism in the late 1920s and early 1930s, highlighting its impact on English studies in subsequent decades. Jancovich challenges the notion that this movement represented bourgeois individualism, arguing instead that it arose from pre-capitalist critiques of modern society in the American South. He also delineates the differences between these Southern poets and later New Critics, asserting that contemporary scholars often overlook the ideological roots of the movement.