Overview

The phrase "cinematic fiction" has been generally accepted in critical discourse, but usually only in the context of postwar novels. This volume examines the influence of film on the novel in early twentieth-century American literature. Drawing on everything from silent film to world cinema, novelists engaged in a kind of dialogue with the new medium, selectively pursuing strategies of montage, limited point of view, and scenic composition in their narratives. Offering new insights into classics such as The Great Gatsby and The Grapes of Wrath , as well as discussing critical writings on film and active participation in filmmaking by major writers such as William Faulkner, Cinematic Fictions will be compulsory reading for scholars of American film and literature alike.

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