Cavell on Film
- ISBN-10
- 0791464318
- ISBN-13
- 9780791464311
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 399
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-05-19
- Publisher
- SUNY Press
- Author
- Stanley Cavell
Description
In his introduction, William Rothman provides an overview of Cavell's work on film and his aims as a philosopher more generally."--BOOK JACKET.
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