Aesthetics and Neoromanticism in Film - Landscapes in Contemporary British Cinema

Zusammenfassung The contemporary study of film is dominated by narrative theory - yet films include scenes and images which do not perform a narrative task but nevertheless provoke an emotional response. List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Aesthetics and Emotion: Remystifying Film Studies 1 Ruckenfigurs and Realism: from Sweet Sixteen to Better Things 2 Sublime Horror: Moorlands, Mountains and Mudflats in the 'Not Home' Setting 3 Female Landscapes: No Prospects for The Queen, the Ladies in Lavender, The Magdalene Sisters or Miss Potter 4 The Dream of Home: Hopes, Holidays and Happenings in the Accented Film Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Stella Hockenhull
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2013
• EAN: 9781848859012
• ISBN: 978-1-84885-901-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 218 mm x 32 mm
• Series: International Library of Visual Culture; International Library of Visua; International Library of Visual Culture; International Library of Visua; Bloomsbury 3PL
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet