Gone with the Glory: The History of the Civil War in Cinema
Author(s): Brian Steel Wills (Author)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2006
Language: English
Print length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 0742545253
ISBN-13: 9780742545250
Book Description
From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain hundreds of directors, actors, and screenwriters have used the Civil War to create compelling cinema. However, each generation of moviemakers has resolved the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Historian Brian Wills takes readers on a journey through the portrayal of the war in film, exploring what Hollywood got right and wrong, how the films influenced each other, and, ultimately, how the movies reflect America’s changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Brian S. Wills is Kenneth Asbury Professor of History at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. He is the author of The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest, The War Hits Home: The Civil War in Southeastern Virginia, No Ordinary College: A History of the University of Virginia at Wise.
Gone with the Glory: The History of the Civil War in Cinema
Author(s): Brian Steel Wills (Author)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2006
Language: English
Print length: 256 pages
ISBN-10: 9780742545250
ISBN-13: 0742545253
Book Description
From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain hundreds of directors, actors, and screenwriters have used the Civil War to create compelling cinema. However, each generation of moviemakers has resolved the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Historian Brian Wills takes readers on a journey through the portrayal of the war in film, exploring what Hollywood got right and wrong, how the films influenced each other, and, ultimately, how the movies reflect America’s changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Brian S. Wills is Kenneth Asbury Professor of History at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. He is the author of The Confederacy’s Greatest Cavalryman: Nathan Bedford Forrest, The War Hits Home: The Civil War in Southeastern Virginia, No Ordinary College: A History of the University of Virginia at Wise.
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