This book comprises what may be called exercises in ‘comparative cinema’. Its focus on endings, near-endings and ‘late style’ is connected with the author’s argument that comparative criticism itself may constitute an endgame of criticism, arising at the moment at which societies or individuals relinquish primary adherence to one tradition or medium. The comparisons embrace different works and artistic media and primarily concern works of literature and film, though they also cons...
قائمة المحتويات
Preface: what flies at dusk.- Part 1 – Film and Film: Spirituality and comparative cinema.- Chapter 1 – On the cinéphilia of Paul Schrader’s First Refo...
عن المؤلف
Paul Coates is an Emeritus Professor in the Film Studies Programme at Western University, Canada. He also taught at Mc Gill, Georgia and Aberdeen. His books include studie...