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| veröffentlicht: | Albany : State University of New York Press, 2018. ©2018. |
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SUNY Series, Horizons of Cinema Series
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| Medientyp: | Buch, E-Book |
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| Umfang: | 1 online resource (366 pages) |
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| ISBN: |
9781438471136
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| Ausgabe: | 1st ed. |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Teil von: |
SUNY Series, Horizons of Cinema Series
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| Print version:: | Pettey, Homer B., Rule, Britannia!, Albany : State University of New York Press,c2018 |
| Kollektion: | E-Books adlr |
Assesses how cinematic biographies of key figures reflect and shape what it means to be British. |
| Intro Contents Illustrations Preface Note Works Cited Acknowledgments 1 Introduction: The Kray Twins and Biographical Media Works Cited Films, Interviews, and Broadcasts Books and Articles Scripts Newspapers Part I: Royalty and Politicians 2 The Biopic, the Nation, and Counter-History in the Films of Derek Jarman The Fluctuations of Film Biography The Eye and the Hand: Caravaggio The Reanimation of Queer Edward II Humor, Biography, and the Philosopher: Wittgenstein Post Script Works Consulted 3 Elizabeth I and the Life of Visual Culture Notes Works Cited 4 Gender and Authority in the Queen Victoria Films Works Cited 5 The Re-Centering of the Monarch in the Royal Biopic: The Queen and The King's Speech Works Cited 6 The Iron Lady: Politics and/in Performance (Bio-)Picturing Public and Post-Public Selves Lloyd/Streep/Roach: Authority, Imitation, Interpretation Ageing Icons and the Fictional Margaret Notes Works Consulted Part II: Artistic Biography 7 Casting the British Biopic: The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934-1957 Theatricality Biopics of Women Casting the "Great-Lady-of-the-Theatre Role" Casting the British Villain The Biopic and the Female Poet Works Cited 8 The Muse's Tale: Rewriting the English Author in The Invisible Woman The Feminized Sea The Uncanny Dress The Language of Silence Notes Works Cited 9 A Matter of Life and Art: Artist Biopics in Post-Thatcher Britain Biography, Biopics, and the Myth of the Artist Carrington: Queerness and Heritage Love is the Devil: Love and Horror Conclusion Notes Works Cited Filmography 10 Closer and Closer Apart: Questioning Identities in Richard Eyre's Iris Works Cited Part III: Crimes and Warfare. 11 Carving the National Body: Jack the Ripper Killing with Class The Jack of Queens: Dark Monarchy Horror and Heritage Stories of the London Fog Conclusion Works Cited 12 Leslie Howard's The First of the Few (1942): The Patriotic Biopic as Star Vehicle Nationalism and Ethnicity Leslie Howard R. J. Mitchell Works Cited and Consulted 13 Who the Man Who Never Was, Was Void A Shift to the Acoustic A Tangled Web 3 Corpse Love A Jewish Question Conclusion Notes Works Cited and Consulted 14 Secrecy and Exposure: The Cambridge Spies Notes Works Cited Bibliography Selected Film, Television, Recordings, and Radio Contributors Index. |