Lincoln before Lincoln : Early Cinematic Adaptations of the Life of America's Greatest President /
Despite a wealth of biographical material, relatively few full-length motion pictures have taken Abraham Lincoln and his life as a primary subject. In this detailed study, Brian J. Snee provides a sweeping overview of the cinematic representations of the sixteenth president from the silent era up to...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
[2016]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Lincoln in American memory
- Before the great emancipator: Lincoln before Lincoln
- Great heart: the birth of a nation
- Savior of the union: Abraham Lincoln
- Great commoner: young Mr. Lincoln
- First American: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
- Honest Abe: Sandburg's Lincoln (1974-1976)
- Anti-Lincoln: Gore Vidal's Lincoln.