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First encounters: French literature and the cinematograph
- Film History: An International Journal
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 20, Number 2, 2008
- pp. 133-143
- 10.2979/fil.2008.20.2.133
- Article
- Additional Information
This paper discusses early French fiction about the cinematograph, prior to the publication of the first history of cinema in French, specifically examining the figurative force of reference to the new medium in literature.