From Reverence to Rape by Molly Haskell is a classic, and is still assigned in classes on film history. The Second Edition (Chicago,1987) has sold nearly 30,000 copies. This Third Edition, for which we also leased e-book rights, will allow us to sell the book to a new generation of students. It includes a brilliant new foreword by Manohla Dargis (The New York Times), and an updated version of the introduction by Haskell to her book Holding My Own in No Mans Land (1996), discussing the reception of the book and the evolution ...
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From Reverence to Rape by Molly Haskell is a classic, and is still assigned in classes on film history. The Second Edition (Chicago,1987) has sold nearly 30,000 copies. This Third Edition, for which we also leased e-book rights, will allow us to sell the book to a new generation of students. It includes a brilliant new foreword by Manohla Dargis (The New York Times), and an updated version of the introduction by Haskell to her book Holding My Own in No Mans Land (1996), discussing the reception of the book and the evolution of her views. Aside from these two pieces, the book will resemble the Second Edition.
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