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1 online resource (416 pages). |
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text file |
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BFI Silver Ser.
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BFI Silver Ser.
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Foreword to the 2nd Edition KEVIN GOUGH-YATES.- Introduction.- Where We Come In.- When is a British Film a British Film?.- Meaning Cut Meaning.- Critic: Judge or Accomplice?.- PART I: THE STATE OF THE NATION The British Constitution.- Good Irresolutions.- Trouble at t'Mill.- PART II: CROSS SECTIONS The Nine Lives of Colonel Blimp.- Pigs in the Middle.- Journey to the Edges of the Working-Class.- Odds and Bods.- PART III: POINTS OF VIEW Left, Right and Centre.- And so, as the Sun Sets slowly, We Bid Adieu.- Tunes of Bogey.- Gangrene-British Style.- Standing up for Jesus.- Bloody Foreigners.- PART IV: OUR GLORIOUS HERITAGE History is Bunk.- The Impotence of Being Earnest.- The Doctored Documentary.- PART V: THE AGE OF ACQUIESCENCE System as Stalemate.- Dance to your Daddy.- Stresses and Strains.- My Famous Last Word is my Bond.- God Bless Captain Vere.- Hard Conscience and Nonconformity.- The Glum and the Guilty.- Laugh and Lie Down.- Love in a Damp Climate.- The Lukewarm Life.- PART VI: ROMANTICS AND MORALISTS Between Two Worlds.- A Gothic Revival.- Terence Coloured.- Shammerteurism.- Flesh and Fantasy.- The English Moralists.- Have Scalpels-Will Travel.- Suspended Animation.- Lists.- References.- Bibliography.- Filmography.- Index. |
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Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). WlAbNL |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Foreword to the 2nd Edition: Reading A Mirror for England -- Introduction -- 1. Where we come in -- 2. When is a British Film a British Film? -- 3. Meaning Cut Meaning -- 4. Critic: Judge or Accomplice? -- 1: The State of the Nation -- 5. The British Constitution -- 6. Good Irresolutions -- 7. Trouble at t'Mill -- 2: Cross Sections -- 8. The Nine Lives of Colonel Blimp -- 9. Pigs in the Middle -- 10. Journey to the edges of the working-class -- 11. Odds and Bods -- 3: Points of View -- 12. Left, Right and Centre |
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13. And so, as the sun sets slowly, we bid adieu -- 14. Tunes of Bogey -- 15. Gangrene -- British style -- 16. Standing up for Jesus -- 17. Bloody Foreigners -- 4: Our Glorious Heritage -- 18. History is Bunk -- 19. The Impotence of Being Ernest -- 20. The Doctored Documentary -- 5: The Age of Acquiescence -- 21. System as Stalemate -- 22. Dance to your Daddy -- 23. Stresses and Strains -- 24. My Famous Last Word is my Bond -- 25. God Bless Captain Vere -- 26. Hard Conscience and Nonconformity -- 27. The Glum and the Guilty -- 28. Laugh and Lie Down -- 29. Love in a Damp Climate |
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30. The Lukewarm Life -- 6: Romantics and Moralists -- 31. Between Two Worlds -- 32. A Gothic Revival -- 33. Terence Coloured -- 34. Shammerteurism -- 35. Flesh and Fantasy -- 36. The English Moralists -- 37. Have Scalpels -Will Travel -- 38. Suspended Animation -- Notes -- Lists -- References -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index -- List of Illustrations -- eCopyright |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Great Britain -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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History.
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Print version: Durgnat, Raymond A Mirror for England : British Movies from Austerity to Affluence London : BFI Publishing,c2011 |
| ISBN |
9781838714239 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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1838714235 (Electronic book (EPUB format) |
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9781349883462 (electronic book) |
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1349883468 (electronic book) |
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9781844574537 (print) |
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