Tom Gunning (University of Chicago) In this ambitious book, Verhoeff argues that early westerns have a unique significance because they emblematize modernity (urbanization, industrialization, mass consumption) and its accompanying anxiety over what has been lost (the “wild,” “uncivilized,” “natural” past). While most authors decry the fragmentary nature of our holdings of early film, Verhoeff dives into a profound consideration of the fragment and the nature of historical research.
She offers a witty and insightful approach to the relation between the scholar and the archive and the nature of historical research. Verhoeff has produced one of the most original and imaginative works on early cinema.
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