Seeing Things: From Shakespeare to Pixar

by Alan Ackerman

Book Overview

A technological revolution has changed the way we see things. The storytelling media employed by Pixar Animation Studios, Samuel Beckett, and William Shakespeare differ greatly, yet these creators share a collective fascination with the nebulous boundary between material objects and our imaginative selves. How do the acts of seeing and believing remain linked? Alan Ackerman charts the dynamic history of interactions between showing and knowing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 144261210X
• ISBN13: 9781442612105
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"