Biography and History in Film

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Freeman, Thomas S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Smith, David L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
• Subjects: Civilization-History.; Motion pictures-History.; History, Modern.; Communication.; Social history.; Cultural History.; Film History.; Modern History.; Media Studies.; Social History.

The essays in this volume seek to analyze biographical films as representations of historical individuals and the times in which they lived. To do this, contributors examine the context in which certain biographical films were made, including the state of knowledge about their subjects at that momen...