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Author Jeffers, Jennifer M.

Title Britain colonized : Hollywood's appropriation of British literature / by Jennifer M. Jeffers.

Publication Info. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PN1997.85 .J45 2006    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xii, 282 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Context and desire in the colonization of British literature -- Heritage and nostalgia: what remains of The remains of the day -- American cowboy in England: Possession -- Cinema's romance with the colonial: The English patient's "anticonquest" adventure -- Cool Britannia for sale: Trainspotting and Bridget Jones's diary -- Reterritorializing British masculinity for American consumption: Waterland and High fidelity -- Shakespear's counterfeit signature: Shakespeare in love -- Conclusion.
Genre/Form Film adaptations.
Film adaptations.
Subject British literature -- Film adaptations.
British literature.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
Motion pictures.
United States.
History.
ISBN 1403972761 alkaline paper
9781403972767 alkaline paper
Standard No. 9781403972767