Cineliteracy

Synopsis of Cineliteracy

«Cineliteracy: Film among the Arts» is an essay on cinema and aesthetics by Charles Eidsvik, published by Random House in 1978 in paperback (303 pages, in English).

Charles Eidsvik analyzes cinema from psychology, sociology and anthropology: the imaginary experience, the media, the aesthetic response and the cultural and artistic roots of cinema. He also addresses cinema's relationships with literature, the visual arts and theater, and the values of art in independent cinema.

First edition, with index, bibliography (pp. 286-292) and illustrations.

For readers interested in film theory and in the relationships between cinema, literature and the visual arts.