{"product_id":"artificial-generation-christina-parker-flynn-9781978825062","title":"Artificial Generation: Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity","description":"\u003ci\u003eArtificial Generation: Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity \u003c\/i\u003einvestigates the intersection of film theory and nineteenth-century literature, arguing that the depth of amalgamation that occurred within literary representation during this era aims to replicate an illusion of life and its sensations, in ways directly related to broader transitions into our modern cinematic age. A key part of this evolution in representation relies on the continual re-emergence of the artificial woman as longstanding expression of masculine artistic subjectivity, which, by the later nineteenth century, becomes a photographic and filmic drive. Moving through the beginning of film history, from Georges M駘i鑚 and other \"silent\" filmmakers in the 1890s, into more contemporary movies, including Alfred Hitchcock's \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e (1958) and \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner 2049\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), the book analyzes how films are often structured around the prior century's mythic and literary principles, which now serve as foundation for film as medium--a phantom form for life's re-presentation. \u003ci\u003eArtificial Generation\u003c\/i\u003e provides a crucial reassessment of the longstanding, mutual exchange between cinematic and literary reproduction, offering an innovative perspective on the proto-cinematic imperative of simulation within nineteenth-century literary symbolism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Parker-Flynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1978825064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781978825062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.70d","brand":"Christina Parker-Flynn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988459618559,"sku":"9781978825062","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d21ad305-e477-4cf5-8671-62b75dfe15a6.jpg?v=1683294603","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/artificial-generation-christina-parker-flynn-9781978825062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}