L'Atalante,9781844578887

L'Atalante

by
Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781844578887
ISBN10: 1844578887
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2015-11-25
Publisher(s): British Film Institute
List Price: $19.95

Buy New

Usually Ships in 5-7 Business Days
$19.93
Add to Cart

Buy Used

Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours
$14.96
Add to Cart

Rent Textbook

Select for Price
Add to Cart
There was a problem. Please try again later.

Rent Digital

Rent Digital Options
Online:180 Days access
Downloadable:180 Days
$14.00
Online:365 Days access
Downloadable:365 Days
$16.16
Online:1825 Days access
Downloadable:Lifetime Access
$21.54
*To support the delivery of the digital material to you, a digital delivery fee of $3.99 will be charged on each digital item.
$14.00*
Add to Cart
Buy from our Marketplace starting at $6.58

How Marketplace Works:

  • This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
  • Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
  • Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
  • Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
  • Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.

Summary

The last film in Jean Vigo's tragically short career, L'Atalante (1934) was indifferently received at first but has now achieved almost legendary status. Exploring the many ways in which the film's greatness lies not in the story but in the manner of its telling, Marina Warner provides rich analysis of its historical, cultural and biographical contexts to show how Vigo's extraordinary
style – as fresh, original and beautiful today as in 1934 – owes something to Surrealism, but is also uniquely his.

In this reissued edition, updated with a new foreword and featuring original cover artwork by Richey Beckett, Warner argues that the quality of this luminously strange, poignantly tender and constantly surprising ciné-poem has only strengthened in the eighty years since it was made.

Author Biography

Dame Marina Warner is a British novelist and historian. She was appointed DBE in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to higher education and literary scholarship. She is a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of Literature, and All Souls College, Oxford University, UK, and she is Chair in English and Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Prologue to the new edition
Prologue to the first edition
1. The Wedding
2. At Close Quarters
3. The Barge
4. Dirty Washing
5. The Skirt of Le Pere Jules
6. In the Wunderkammer
7. Vigo and Surrealism
8. The Pedlar
9. The City of Modern Life
10. Love Regained
11. Le Bande a Vigo
Notes
Credits
Bibliography

An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.

This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.

By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.

Digital License

You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.

More details can be found here.

A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.

Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.

Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.