Silent Film and the Formations of U.S. Literary Culture: Literature in Motion - Paperbackby Sarah Gleeson White (Author) Silent Film and the Formations of U. S. Literary Culture: Literature in Motion argues that the emergence of motion pictures constituted a defining moment in U. S. literary history. Author Sarah Gleeson White discovers what happened to literary culture both popular and higher brow when inserted into the spectacular world of motion pictures during the early decades of the twentieth century. How did literary culture