Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist

For more than 40 years, Ken Russell has directed some of the most provocative, controversial, and memorable films in British cinema, including Women in Love, The Music Lovers, Tommy, and Altered States. In this anthology, Kevin Flanagan has compiled essays that simultaneously place Russell's films within various academic contexts—gender studies, Victorian studies, and cultural criticism—on the one hand and expand the foundational history of Russell's career on the other. Ken Russell: Re—Vie...