{"product_id":"still-the-moving-world-ernest-b-gilman-9780820413884","title":"Still the Moving World: Intolerance, Modernism and Heart of Darkness","description":"Nearly three-quarters of a century of criticism - much of it misguided, sometimes even wrong-headed - has obscured a crucial facet of D.W. Griffith's accomplishment in \u003ci\u003eIntolerance\u003c\/i\u003e. This original and lucid study argues that \u003ci\u003eIntolerance\u003c\/i\u003e is, like Joseph Conrad's \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, a proto-modernist text. Both works exhibit an ahistoric consciousness of disorder, destruction and skepticism, and reflect - to different degrees - the aesthetic experimentalism of the early 20th century. Through a close analysis of Griffith's film and its manifold affinities with Conrad's tale - and more cursorily with the works of other exponents of modernism in the traditional arts - the author demonstrates that, contrary to the conventional criticisms of \u003ci\u003eIntolerance\u003c\/i\u003e as a cluttered, disjointed text, the film's eccentric form and unruliness are among the vital components of its meaning and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest B. Gilman,Jordan Leondopoulos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820413887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820413884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ernest B. Gilman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241114317055,"sku":"9780820413884","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f798af2c-6967-4987-a9f4-f2d9c2b923e4.jpg?v=1772652799","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-the-moving-world-ernest-b-gilman-9780820413884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}