Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Acknowledgments 9
4. Abbreviations 11
5. Preface 13
6. Introduction. Jean Epstein and the Revolt of Cinema 23
7. Essays
8. Epstein’s Photogénie as Corporeal Vision: Inner Sensation, Queer Embodiment, and Ethics 51
9. Novelty and Poiesis in the Early Writings of Jean Epstein 73
10. The Cinema of the Kaleidoscope 93
11. Distance is [Im]material: Epstein Versus Etna 115
12. “The Supremacy of the Mathematical Poem”: Jean Epstein’s Conceptions of Rhythm 143
13. The “Microscope of Time”: Slow Motion in Jean Epstein’s Writings 161
14. A Different Nature 177
15. Cinema Seen from the Seas: Epstein and the Oceanic 195
16. A Temporal Perspective: Jean Epstein’s Writings on Technology and Subjectivity 207
17. Ultra-Modern: Jean Epstein, or Cinema “Serving the Forces of Transgression and Revolt” 227
18. Thoughts on Photogénie Plastique 245
19. Translations
20. Introduction: Epstein’s Writings 265
21. La Poésie d’aujourd’hui, un nouvel état d’intelligence (1921) 271
22. Bonjour Cinéma (1921) 277
23. La Lyrosophie (1922) 281
24. Le Cinématographe vu de l’Etna (1926) 287
25. L’intelligence d’une machine (1946) 311
26. Le Cinéma du diable (1947) 317
27. Later Works 329
28. Late Articles 381
29. Afterword: Reclaiming Jean Epstein 405
30. Filmography 413
31. Select Bibliography 419
32. Notes on Contributors 427
33. Index of Names 431
34. Index of Films and Major Writings by Jean Epstein 437
35. Index of Films 439