Edwardians on Screen

From Downton Abbey to Parade’s End

AvKatherine Byrne

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This book explores television's current fascination with the Edwardian era. By exploring popular period dramas such as Downton Abbey , it examines how the early twentieth century is represented on our screens, and what these shows tell us about class, gender and politics, both past and present.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-21
Mått:140 x 216 x 11 mm
Vikt:358 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:173
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137467881

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Television inom Kultur

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Katherine Byrne is Lecturer in English at the University of Ulster, UK. She has published articles and book chapters on Victorian fiction and medicine, adaptation, and neo-Edwardian television. Her previous book, Tuberculosis and the Victorian Literary Imagination, was published in 2011.

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'This timely book contributes handsomely to debates about heritage television, commemoration cultures, and historical fiction more generally. It traces contemporary obsession with the Edwardians in judicious, thoughtful, and innovative ways.' - Jerome de Groot, University of Manchester, UK

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements Introduction: Neo-Edwardian Television, and 'Heritage' Today 1. The Edwardians in Popular Memory. 2. An Adaptation of an Adaptation: The Forsyte Saga 3. Class and conservatism in Downton Abbey 4. From Downton to the Department Store: Sex, Shopping and Heritage in Mr Selfridge 5. A Return to 'Quality': Parade's End 6. 'An Ordinary Epic': The Village Conclusion