History as resurrection
Kevin Brownlow. Napoleon: Abel Gance's Classic Film. New York: Knopf, 1983. 304 pp. $25.00 cloth. Roger lcart. Abel Gance ou le Promethee foudroye. Paris: L'Age d'homme, 1984. 484 pp. 175,00 francs. Norman King. Abel Gance: A Politics of Spectacle. London: British Film Institute, 1984. 180 pp. $22.95 cloth. $11.95 paper.