The British New Wave

The British New Wave: a certain tendency?

by Taylor, B. F.

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This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate. By eschewing the usual tendency to view films like A Kind of Loving and The Entertainer collectively and include them in broader debates about class, gender, and ideology, this book presents a new and innovative look at this famous cycle of British films. For each film, a re-distribution of existing critical emphasis also allows the problematic relationship between these…

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  • Full title :The British New Wave : a certain tendency?.

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This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate. By eschewing the usual tendency to view films like A Kind of Loving and The Entertainer collectively and include them in broader debates about class, gender, and ideology, this book presents a new and innovative look at this famous cycle of British films. For each film, a re-distribution of existing critical emphasis also allows the problematic relationship between these films and the question of realism to be reconsidered. Drawing upon existing sources and returning to.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2006.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781847791931, 184779193X, 9781781701218, 1781701210
  • oclc:ocn818847203
  • LC Classification:PN1993.5.G7 T39 2006
  • Dewey Decimal:791.430941

Table of Contents

9780719069086; 9780719069086; Copyright; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; 1 The British New Wave:a certain tendency?; 2 From microscope to telescope: the films of Tony Richardson; 3 A cinema of surfaces: Jack Clayton's Room at the Top; 4 Major themes and minormovements: composition and repetition in John Schlesinger's Billy Liar; 5 The critical forest; 6 Straight lines and rigid readings: Arthur Seaton and the arc of flight; 7 Bodies, critics and This Sporting Life; 8 Single vessels and twisting ropes; Bibliography; Index.

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Subjects

ART -- Film & Video Criticism, interpretation, etc Great Britain New wave films New wave films -- History and criticism… Nouvelle Vague (Cinéma) -- Histoire et … PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video

Writers

Taylor, B. F.

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