About the Author

Richard Abel is Professor of English at Drake University.

Reviews

Winner of the Jay Leyda Prize in Cinema Studies, Anthology Film Archives "Constitutes an excellent research tool for scholars of French cinema but also, importantly, for those concerned with the development of film theory and criticism generally."--Ginette Vincendeau, Screen "[Richard Abel] has put all interested in French cinema deeply in his debt."--D. J. Wenden, English Historical Review