The British monarchy on screen / edited by Mandy Merck
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Material Type | E-Book |
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Publisher | Manchester : Manchester University Press |
Year | [2016] |
Language | English |
Size | 1 online resource (xv, 415 pages) |
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Media type | 機械可読データファイル |
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Contents | Introduction Mandy Merck Part I: Victorian inventions 1. 'A Very Wonderful Process': Queen Victoria, photography and film at the fin de siècle / Ian Christie 2. Sixty Years a Queen (1913): a lost epic of the reign of Victoria / Jude Cowan Montague 3. The heart of a heartless political world: screening Victoria / Steven Fielding 4. Walbrook's royal waltzes / James Downs Part II: The Elizabethan diva 5. Her Majesty moves: Sarah Bernhardt, Queen Elizabeth, and the development of motion pictures / Victoria Duckett 6. Elizabeth I: the cinematic afterlife of an early modern political diva / Elisabeth Bronfen and Barbara Straumann 7. Queens and queenliness: Quentin Crisp as Orlando's Elizabeth I / Glyn Davis Part III: Images of empire 8. Renewing imperial ties: The Queen in Australia / Jane Landman 9. The King's Speech: an allegory of imperial rapport / Deirdre Gilfedder Part IV: Popular participation in royal representation 10. The Queen has two bodies: Amateur film, civic culture and the rehearsal of monarchy / Karen Lury 11. The regal catwalk: Royal weddings and the media promotion of British fashion / Jo Stephenson 12. The Queen on the big screen(s) outdoor screens and public congregations / Ruth Adams Part V: Television's contested histories 13. Television's royal family: continuity and change / Erin Bell and Ann Gray 14. The Tudors and the post-national, post-historical Henry VIII / Basil Glynn Part VI: Monarchy in contemporary Anglophone cinema 15. From political power to the power of the image: Contemporary 'British' cinema and the nation's monarchs / Andrew Higson 16. Melodrama, celebrity, The Queen / Mandy Merck 17. When words fail: The King's Speech as melodrama / Nicola Rehling Index |
Notes | A rich collection that looks at how the British monarchy has been seen on film and television. It is the first comprehensive look at royalty on screen Open Access English Includes bibliographical references and index Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on 11/24/2020) |
Authors | Merck, Mandy, |
Subjects | FREE:film theory & criticism FREE:media and communications LCSH:Queens in motion pictures LCSH:Kings and rulers in motion pictures LCSH:Royal houses -- Great Britain -- History All Subject Search FREE:Film theory and criticism FREE:Film, TV and radio FREE:Films, cinema FREE:The arts BISACSH:ART -- General All Subject Search BISACSH:PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism All Subject Search FREE:Kings and rulers in motion pictures FREE:Queens in motion pictures FREE:Royal houses FREE:Great Britain BSH:Electronic books FREE:History |
Classification | DC23:302.23 |
ID | ED00004101 |
ISBN | 152611304X |
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