Keith Cohen - Writing in a Film Age: Essays by Contemporary Novelists

Copyright 1991 by the University Press of Colorado

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Writing in a film age: essays by contemporary novelists / edited by Keith Cohen.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87081-183-5 (alk. paper). ISBN 0-87081-180-0 (pbk.: alk. paper).

1. Motion pictures and literature. I. Cohen, Keith.

PN1995.3.W75 1991

809'.04dc20

91-12271

CIP

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.481984

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I inherited this project from Frederick Ramey, who, as editor at Arden Press, first had the idea of gathering together original essays by writers whose works have crossed over into film. As Ramey worked with other editors in compiling the essays, he determined the scope of the selections and the cultural diversity of the authors. By the time I was brought onto the project, Ramey had generated five of the ten essays. He deserves credit for this initial compilation. I was charged with further expanding the international cast of writers, which I did by soliciting new essays. I also began the arduous task of editing the existing essays.