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"'When the Bestial War Shall Rule No More': D.W. Griffith, World War I, and the Antiwar War Film"

Description:

This dissertation argues that the U.S.’s World War I experience helped condition Americans to relate to war primarily through cinematic recreations. The country’s geographical distance from the fighting provided Americans a degree of geopolitical spectatorship from which they could imagine their nation’s role in an ever-changing world through film. Onto...

Keyword:

World War I, D.W. Griffith, War Film, and Antiwar

Subject:

American history, American studies, and Film studies

Creator:

Hepworth, Mariah

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_654330 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14562