The Great War in Popular British Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey's End

by L. Napper

Overview

This book discusses British cinema's representation of the Great War during the 1920s. It argues that popular cinematic representations of the war offered surviving audiences a language through which to interpret their recent experience, and traces the ways in which those interpretations changed during the decade.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230371705
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/20/2015
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	234
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Lawrence Napper is Lecturer in the Film Studies department of Kings College London, UK. His previous work includes British Cinema and Middlebrow Culture in the Interwar Years.

Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction: Peace Days in Pictureland 1. 'In the Midst of Peace we are at War': The Film Trade in 1919 2. Battle Reconstructions and British Instructional Films 3. Remembrance and the Ambivalent Gaze 4. 'When the Boys Come Home' Bibliography Index

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From the Publisher

'Napper challenges assumptions and allows the reader to understand the films discussed on their own terms, and in their own context, allowing them to emerge fresh, stripping away the sometimes crusty layers of critical prejudice and neglect. Both scholarly and accessible, Napper's book is a significant achievement that really brings the culture of 1920s Britain, and its remarkable cinema, to life. A fascinating work by one of the leading scholars of British silent cinema.' - Michael Williams, University of Southampton, UK

Editorial Reviews

'Napper challenges assumptions and allows the reader to understand the films discussed on their own terms, and in their own context, allowing them to emerge fresh, stripping away the sometimes crusty layers of critical prejudice and neglect. Both scholarly and accessible, Napper's book is a significant achievement that really brings the culture of 1920s Britain, and its remarkable cinema, to life. A fascinating work by one of the leading scholars of British silent cinema.' - Michael Williams, University of Southampton, UK

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