The new film history : sources, methods, approaches

"The New Film History" is an accessible and wide-ranging account of the methods, sources and approaches used by modern film historians.

Designed for use on courses in film history, "The New Film History" offers readers an overview of key areas of research, including reception studies, genre, authorship and the historical film, together with detailed case studies centred on well-known American, Australian, British and European films.

With contributions from fifteen leading film historians, this is the first major overview of the field of film history to be published in twenty years.