A companion to early cinema / edited by André Gaudreault, Nicolas Dulac, Santiago Hidalgo ; assisted by Pierre Chemartin. [electronic resource] Gaudreault, André. Dulac, Nicolas. Hidalgo, Santiago. Wiley InterScience (Online service) Motion pictures History. Silent films History and criticism. PN1994 791.4309 23 Print version record. An authoritative and much-needed overview of the main issues in the field of early cinema from over 30 leading international scholars in the fieldFirst collection of its kind to offer in one reference: original theory, new research, and reviews of existing studies in the fieldFeatures over 30 original essays from some of the leading scholars in early cinema and Film Studies, including Tom Gunning, Jane Gaines, Richard Abel, Thomas Elsaesser, and Andř GaudreaultCaters to renewed interest in film studies & rsquo; historical methods, with strict analysis of multiple and competing sources, p. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource (647 pages) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118274453 eng Companion to early cinema. Companion to early cinema.