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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Barry Hines's novel 'A Kestrel for a Knave', adapted for the screen as 'Kes', is one of the best-known and well-loved novels of the post-war period, while his screenplay for the television drama 'Threads' is central to a Cold War-era vision of nuclear attack. But Hines published a further eight novels and nine screenplays between the 1960s and 1990s, as well as writing eleven other works which remain unpublished and unperformed. This study examines the entirety of Hines's work. It argues that he used a great variety of aesthetic forms to represent the lives of working-class people in Britain during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and into the post-industrial conclusion of the twentieth century. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Poetry with purpose and the journey to Kes: Billy's Last Stand, The Blinder, A Kestrel for a Knave and Kes -- 2. politics of hope in 1970s Britain: First Signs, Speech Day, The Gamekeeper, Tom Kite, The Price of Coal -- 3. Thatcherism and South Yorkshire: Looks and Smiles, Unfinished Business, Fun City, Threads -- 4. Imagining post-industrial Britain: The Heart of It, the miners' strike plays, Looking at the Sun, Shooting Stars, Born Kicking, Elvis Over England. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hines, Barry, 1939- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Hines, Barry, 1939- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
English drama -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English drama. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Vice, Sue, 1961- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Forrest, David. Barry Hines. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018 9781784992620 (OCoLC)1011181625 |
| ISBN |
9781526123749 (electronic book) |
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1526123746 (electronic book) |
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9781784992620 |
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1784992623 |
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