Why Theory: Cultural Critique in Film and Television
By (Author) Edward Tomarken
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st June 2017
United Kingdom
Paperback
192
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Edward Tomarken's previous book, Filmspeak, was a study of literary theory in relation to contemporary mainstream films. Some of the abstruse ideas of early literary theorists (1950-70) had in fact permeated our thinking to such an extent that both films and theories enriched and shed light upon one another. One early response to Filmspeak was the
Edward Tomarken is Emeritus Professor of English at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent at Canterbury