| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 196 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge advances in film studies ; 54 |
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Routledge advances in film studies ; 54.
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| Contents |
Introduction: representing and repositioning the eighteenth century on screen -- Fashionable failures: ghosting female desires on the big screen / Ula E. Klein -- Portrait of the queen as a celebrity: Marie Antoinette on screen, a disappearing act (1934-2012) / Dorothée Polanz -- The king on screen / Elizabeth Kraft -- "I have you in my eye, sir": the spectacle of kingship in The madness of King George / Jennifer Preston Wilson -- Blackadder: satirizing the century of satire / Sarah B. Stein and Robert Vork -- National treasure, the Declaration of Independence, and the erasure of print from the American Revolution / Colin Ramsay -- How to be a woman in the highlands: a feminist portrayal of Scotland in Outlander / Courtney A. Hoffman -- The king of Mars: the Martian's scientific empire and Robinson Crusoe / Kyle Pivetti -- The new cinematic piracy: crossbones and black sails / Srividhya Swaminathan -- Sex, sisterhood, and the cinema: Sense and sensibility(s) in conversation / Jodi L. Wyett -- Cinematic slavery and the romance of Belle / Steven W. Thomas |
| Summary |
This collection explores how film and television depict the complex and diverse milieu of the eighteenth century as a literary, historical, and cultural space. Topics range from adaptations of Austen's Sense and Sensibility and Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (The Martian) to historical fiction on the subjects of slavery (Belle), piracy (Crossbones and Black Sails), monarchy (The Madness of King George and The Libertine), print culture (Blackadder and National Treasure), and the role of women (Marie Antoinette, The Duchess, and Outlander). This interdisciplinary collection draws from film theory and literary theory to discuss how film and television allows for critical re-visioning as well as revising of the cultural concepts in literary and extra-literary writing about the historical period |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Eighteenth century in motion pictures.
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Historical films -- History and criticism
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Film adaptations -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Modern -- 18th Century.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Eighteenth century in motion pictures
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Film adaptations
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Historical films
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Swaminathan, Srividhya, editor.
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Thomas, Steven W., editor.
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| ISBN |
9781351800938 |
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1351800930 |
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9781351800945 |
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1351800949 |
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9781315206912 |
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1315206919 |
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9781351800952 |
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1351800957 |
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