Retrovisions : reinventing the past in film and fiction /
This innovative new book looks at the ways in which films and texts re-imagine the past, to investigate what this may reveal about our contemporary culture and society. Looking at a broad range of films and books that attempt to represent the past and placing them in their own historical context, th...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; Sterling, Va. :
Pluto Press,
2001
London ; Sterling, Virginia : 2001 London ; Sterling, Va. : 2001 |
| Series: | Film/fiction ;
v. 6 Film/fiction ; v. 6 |
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Table of Contents:
- Historical make-overs in film and literature / Deborah Cartmell and I.Q Hunter
- "No man's Elizabeth" : the Virgin Queen in recent films / René Pigeon
- Shakespeare in love and the end(s) of history / Elizabeth Klett
- Reflections on sex, Shakespeare, and nostalgia in Trevor Nunn's Twelfth night / Maria F. Magro and Mark Douglas
- Black rams tupping white ewes : race vs. gender in the final scene of six Othellos / Pascale Aebischer
- Cool intentions : the literary classic, the teenpic and the "chick flick" / Sarah Neely
- Peter Watkins' Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking / Nicholas J. Cull
- Mrs Brown's mourning and Mr King's madness : royal crisis on screen / Kara McKechnie
- The grandfathers' war : re-imagining World War I in British novels and films of the 1990s / Barbara Korte
- Charm, bowler, umbrella, leather boots : remaking The avengers / Stephen Longstaffe
- Forbidden planet and the retrospective attribution of intentions / Judith Buchanan
- Historical make-overs in film and literature / Deborah Cartmell and I.Q Hunter
- "No man's Elizabeth" : the Virgin Queen in recent films / Renée Pigeon
- Shakespeare in love and the end(s) of history / Elizabeth Klett
- Reflections on sex, Shakespeare, and nostalgia in Trevor Nunn's Twelfth night / Maria F. Magro and Mark Douglas
- Black rams tupping white ewes : race vs. gender in the final scene of Six Othellos / Pascale Aebischer
- Cool intentions : the literary classic, the teenpic and the "chick flick" / Sarah Neely
- Peter Watkin's Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking / Nicholas J. Cull
- Mrs Brown's mourning and Mr King's madness : royal crisis on screen / Kara McKechnie
- The grandfathers' war : re-imagining World War I in British novels and films of the 1990s / Barbara Korte
- Charm, bowler, umbrella, leather boots : remaking The avengers / Stephen Longstaffe
- Forbidden planet and the retrospective attribution of intentions / Judith Buchanan
- 1 Introduction: Retrovisions: Historical Make-overs in Film and Literature / Deborah Cartmell and I. Q. Hunter
- 2. 'No Man's Elizabeth': The Virgin Queen in Recent Films / Renee Pigeon
- 3. Shakespeare in Love and the End(s) of History / Elizabeth Klett
- 4. Reflections on Sex, Shakespeare and Nostalgia in Trevor Nunn's Twelfth Night / Maria F. Magro and Mark Douglas
- 5. Black Rams Tupping White Ewes: Race vs. Gender in the Final Scene of Five Othellos / Pascale Aebischer
- 6. Cool Intentions: Looking back to the literary classic and other attempts to legitimise the teenpic's 'chick flick' / Sarah Neely
- 7. Mrs Brown's Mourning and Mr King's Madness: Royal Crisis on Screen / Kara McKechnie
- 8. Peter Watkins' Culloden and the alternative form in historical filmmaking / Nicholas J. Cull
- 9. The Grandfathers' War Re-Imagining World War I in British Novels and Films of the 1990s / Barbara Korte
- 10. 'Charm, Bowler, Umbrella, Leather Boots': Remaking The Avengers / Stephen Longstaffe
- 11. Forbidden Planet and the retrospective attribution of intentions / Judith Buchanan.