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  • The Last Bohemian

    Brian Desmond Hurst, Irish Film, British Cinema

    by Lance Pettitt ...
    Series series Irish Studies
    The Last Bohemian offers the first extended, critical evaluation of all of Brian Desmond Hurst’s films, reappraising the reputation of a director who was born in 1895 in Belfast and died in Belgravia, London, in 1986. Pettitt skillfully weaves together film analyses, biography, and cultural history with the aim of bringing greater attention to Hurst’s qualities as a director and exploring his ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • British Comics

    A Cultural History

    by James Chapman ...
    Now in paperback, this book examines comic publishing and reading in Britain, from the late-Victorian era to the present. Cultural historian James Chapman explores the origins and evolution of these beloved publications, tracing the rise of characters such as lovable rogue Ally Sloper. From the heyday in the 1950s and ’60s with titles like Eagle to the controversial era of violent comics in the ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Tastes of Honey

    The Making of Shelagh Delaney and a Cultural Revolution

    by Professor Selina Todd ...
    'A sympathetic and perceptive account of a fine writer at a critical moment in our cultural life' KEN LOACHOn 27 May 1958, A Taste of Honey opened in a small fringe theatre in London. Written by a nineteen-year-old bus driver's daughter from Salford, the play exposed a deeply polarised society in Britain, sparked press and political outrage and transformed its young author into an unexpected star. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • British National Cinema

    by Sarah Street ...
    Series series National Cinemas
    The first substantial overview of the British film industry with emphasis on its genres, stars, and socioeconomic context, British National Cinema by Sarah Street is an important title in Routledge's new National Cinemas series. British National Cinema synthesizes years of scholarship on British film while incorporating the author' fresh perspective and research. Street divides the study of ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Directory of World Cinema: Britain

    Edited by Emma Bell, Neil Mitchell ...
    Bringing to mind rockers and royals, Buckingham Palace and the Scottish Highlands, Britain holds a special interest for international audiences who have flocked in recent years to quality exports like Fish Tank, Trainspotting and The King's Speech. A series of essays and articles exploring the definitive films of Great Britain, this addition to Intellect's Directory of World Cinema series turns ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Resist Everything Except Temptation

    The Anarchist Philosophy of Oscar Wilde

    by Kristian Williams ...
    Foreword by graphic novelist, Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Watchmen)Will be of interest to LGBTQ readers. It's time to revive Wilde as a queer icon.At present, there are no comparable books in print. Not since George Woodcock's 1950 The Paradox of Oscar Wilde has there been a comprehensive, book-length study of the subject. Woodcock's study really only ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • British Cinema

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Charles Barr ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Cinema has had a hugely influential role on global culture in the 20th century at multiple levels: social, political, and educational. The part of British cinema in this has been controversial - often derided as a whole, but also vigorously celebrated, especially in terms of specific films and film-makers. In this Very Short Introduction, Charles Barr considers films and filmmakers, and studios ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Don't Look Now

    British Cinema in the 1970s

    Edited by Paul Newland ...
    Paul Newland is a lecturer in film studies in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at Aberystwyth University. ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Oscar Wilde in Context

    Edited by Kerry Powell, Peter Raby ...
    Series series Literature in Context
    Oscar Wilde was a courageous individualist whose path-breaking life and work were shaped in the crucible of his time and place, deeply marked by the controversies of his era. This collection of concise and illuminating articles reveals the complex relationship between Wilde's work and ideas, and contemporary contexts including Victorian feminism, aestheticism and socialism. Chapters investigate ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Cultural Convergence

    The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928–1960

    Edited by Ondřej Pilný, Ruud van den Beuken, Ian R. Walsh ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Based on extensive archival research, this open access book examines the poetics and politics of the Dublin Gate Theatre (est. 1928) over the first three decades of its existence, discussing some of its remarkable productions in the comparative contexts of avant-garde theatre, Hollywood cinema, popular culture, and the development of Irish-language theatre, respectively. The overarching objective ... Read more

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  • British Film Design

    A History

    by Laurie N. Ede ...
    Series series Cinema and Society
    "British Film Design" is about the things that you see when you close your eyes and think of British cinema: "Dr. No's Hideaway", the buffet of "Brief Encounter", Vera Drake's parlour, "Hogwarts School"...and a thousand other visions of British films. This book is also about the people who have created those visions. The physical environments of films are made by Production Designers/Art Directors ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Children, Cinema and Censorship

    From Dracula to the Dead End Kids

    by Sarah Smith ...
    Children have long been one of cinema's largest audiences yet, from its infancy, cinema has in the minds of moral watchdogs accompanied a succession of pastimes and new technologies as catalysts for juvenile delinquency. From 'penny dreadfuls' and comic books to television, 'video nasties' and computer games, and more recently, gangsta rap, mobile phones and the Internet - all have been seen as ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD