Orson Welles's Citizen Kane: A Casebook by James Naremore (Chancellors' Professor in the Department of Communication and Culture, English and Comparative Literature, Chancellors' Professor in the Department of Communication and Culture, English and Comparative Literature, Indiana University)
Citizen Kane is arguable the most admired and significant film since the advent of talking pictures. To study it even briefly is to learn a great deal about American history, motion-picture style, and the literary aspects of motion-picture scripts. This volume will represent the essential writings on Kane. It gives the reader a lively set of critical interpretations, together with the necessary production information, historical background, and technical understanding to comprehend the film's larger cultural significance.