River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West - Brossura

Solnit, Rebecca

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ISBN 10: 0142004103 ISBN 13: 9780142004104

Casa editrice: Penguin Publishing Group, 2004

Riassunto

A survey of the historical contributions of Eadweard Muybridge documents his role in filmmaking technology and as a war photographer before standing trial for the murder of his wife's lover, tracing how his life reflected America in the nineteenth century. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“One finds it hard to remember what things looked like before this book appeared in the world.” —The New York Times Book Review

“The imagery of a poet, the ideas of a theoretician, the rhythm of a thoroughbred and the force of a Southern Pacific locomotive.” —San Francisco Chronicle

L'autore:

Rebecca Solnit is the author of numerous books, including Hope in the Dark, River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, and As Eve Said to the Serpent: On Landscape, Gender, and Art, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. In 2003, she received the prestigious Lannan Literary Award.

Rebecca Solnit is the author of numerous books, including Hope in the Dark, River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, and As Eve Said to the Serpent: On Landscape, Gender, and Art, which was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. In 2003, she received the prestigious Lannan Literary Award.

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• Editore: Penguin Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0142004103
• ISBN 13: 9780142004104
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320