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September 14: History by Hollywood & Other Historical Dramas

Read Robert Brent Toplin’s “Cinematic History as Genre,” a chapter from his book Reel History, available on Electronic Course Reserve. How does Hollywood (or the American film industry) handle historical subjects? How does it do so differently from academic historians? Under what constraints does each type of “history” operate? Does popular film have any analogues [...]

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