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Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
950 kr
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This book explores the extraordinary proliferation of novels based on Henry James’s life and works published between 2001 and 2016, the centenary of his death. Part One concentrates on biofictions about James by David Lodge and Colm Tóibín, and those written from the perspective of the key female figures in his life. Part Two explores appropriations of The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The Ambassadors. The book articulates the developments in biographical and adaptive writing that enabled millennial writers to engage so explicitly with James, locates the sources of his appeal, and explores the different forms of engagement taken. Layne analyses how these manifestations of James’s legacy might function differently for knowing versus unknowing readers, and how they might perform the role of literary criticism. Overarching themes include ideas of queering, the concern with seeking redress, and the frustrated quest for origin, authenticity, or ‘the real thing’.
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Engelska, 20201 213 kr
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This book explores the extraordinary proliferation of novels based on Henry James’s life and works published between 2001 and 2016, the centenary of his death. Part One concentrates on biofictions about James by David Lodge and Colm Tóibín, and those written from the perspective of the key female figures in his life. Part Two explores appropriations of The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The Ambassadors. The book articulates the developments in biographical and adaptive writing that enabled millennial writers to engage so explicitly with James, locates the sources of his appeal, and explores the different forms of engagement taken. Layne analyses how these manifestations of James’s legacy might function differently for knowing versus unknowing readers, and how they might perform the role of literary criticism. Overarching themes include ideas of queering, the concern with seeking redress, and the frustrated quest for origin, authenticity, or ‘the real thing’.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
950 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book explores the extraordinary proliferation of novels based on Henry James’s life and works published between 2001 and 2016, the centenary of his death. Part One concentrates on biofictions about James by David Lodge and Colm Tóibín, and those written from the perspective of the key female figures in his life. Part Two explores appropriations of The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The Ambassadors. The book articulates the developments in biographical and adaptive writing that enabled millennial writers to engage so explicitly with James, locates the sources of his appeal, and explores the different forms of engagement taken. Layne analyses how these manifestations of James’s legacy might function differently for knowing versus unknowing readers, and how they might perform the role of literary criticism. Overarching themes include ideas of queering, the concern with seeking redress, and the frustrated quest for origin, authenticity, or ‘the real thing’.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 614 kr
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Explores biopics about moments of crisis for the House of Windsor and how these productions, along with Netflix’s long-running series The Crown, both represent and enact the Royal Family’s post-crises rehabilitation.Biopics of the House of Windsor examines screen representations of the British reigning monarch and those in the direct line of succession. Focusing on high-profile 21st-century productions that intervene in and perpetuate cultural memories of the Windsors, Bethany Layne explores the royal biopic's relation to historical truth – its generic truth contract, especially around its attraction to and depiction of moments of crises – and its connection to the genres of biography and biofiction.Layne argues that the films in question depict the royal family’s negotiation of moments of crisis via the twinned strategies of exile and policing. While expulsions ensure the institution’s survival, policing safeguards its popularity by reconfiguring the audience’s envy and potential class resentment as pity. Chapters discuss films, musicals, and TV productions, asking which representations of the British royal family are privileged, and how do these differ between a British drama (The King’s Speech), a work by a Chilean director (Spencer) and Netflix’s transnational The Crown. In doing so, Biopics of the House of Windsor questions how the genre functions to disseminate British national identity across the globe.