... of the narrative forms of early film itself. Consequently, the introduction provides detailed historicisation of Dublin’s visual culture during Joyce’s youth, as well as relevant optical science of the time, Dublin’s first film screenings and the context of his Volta Cinematograph. Joyce James kaleidoscopes...

... on modernity’s ‘media-cultural imaginary’, making Joyce’s writing appear in advance of the narrative forms of early film itself. The introduction historicises the visual culture during Joyce’s youth, as well as optical science, Dublin’s first screenings and the context of his Volta Cinematograph. Chapter 1...

... A Joyce Ulysses Joyce flâneurs radio Volta Cinematograph ‘Cinematicity’ optical toys shadowgraphs magic lantern Chronophotography Panoramas persistence of vision early film Volta Cinematograph media-cultural imaginary By placing Joyce’s writing back into the context of nineteenth-century...

...This study offers a broad historical and theoretical reassessment of the science fiction film genre. The book explores the development of science fiction in cinema from its beginnings in early film through to recent examples of the genre. Each chapter sets analyses of chosen films within a wider...