There's a biographical sketch and short CV for Grodal at: http://www.media.ku.dk/Engelsk/Ansatte_Eng/torben_eng.htm Also see FILM INTERNATIONAL # 4 for 2003: http://www.tidskrift.nu/index.asp?navigera=resume&resume=1805 Warren Buckland takes issue with Grodal at: http://www.film-philosophy.com/vol5-2001/n13buckland And Grodal takes issue with Eric Parkinson at: http://www.film-philosophy.com/vol1-1997/n12grodal etc. Don Larsson ----------------------------------------------------------- "Only connect" --E.M. Forster Donald F. Larsson Department of English, AH 230 Minnesota State U, Mankato (56001) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: query: torben grodal i have recently, quite by accident, come upon a book previously totally unknown to me, MOVING PICTURES: A NEW THEORY OF FILM GENRES, FEELINGS, AND COGNITION by torben grodal, of the university of copenhagen . . . the book is patently very ambitious [the title alone is enough to show that] and ? at first quick glance ? seems impressively thorough . . . so it's very surprising to me that the author's name is so unfamiliar, not only to me but to the few other cinema studies people i've informally polled i'm wondering whether his work is known to others reading this, and whether there has been any previous discussion of it in this listserv [or elsewhere] . . . all leads would be most welcome thanks mike ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu