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Zusatztext " A fascinating and thought provoking reading of Jeremy Irons . .. this book will make an excellent contribution to the way we read actors. The approach is innovative! imaginative! and full of delicate argument. " · Sean Redmond ! Victoria University of Wellington Informationen zum Autor Mark Nicholls is Senior Lecturer in Cinema Studies at the University of Melbourne where he has taught since 1993. His research interests include Hollywood cinema, Italian cinema, masculinity, Freudian psychoanalysis and Shakespeare adaptation. He is the author of Scorsese’s Men: Melancholia and the Mob (Pluto and Indiana University Press, 2004) and has published chapters and articles on Martin Scorsese, Luchino Visconti, Shakespeare in film and film and the Cold War. Klappentext This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons concentrates on his key performances and acting style. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons's career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them: an emblematic figure of the 1980s and 1990s presented as an alternative to the action hero or the common man. Using clear explanations of complex theoretical ideas, this book investigates Jeremy Irons's performances through the lens of sexual inversion and social rebellion, to uncover an entirely original but recognizable screen type. Zusammenfassung This first book-length critical study of Jeremy Irons. Through the analysis of some of the major screen roles in Irons's career, such as Brideshead Revisited, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Reversal of Fortune, Swann in Love, Dead Ringers, and Lolita, Mark Nicholls identifies a new masculine identity that unites them... Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. Imogen, Narcissism and the Intolerable Idea Chapter 2. Brideshead Revisited: Charles Ryder Drowning in Honey Chapter 3. The French Lieutenant's Woman: Charles Smithson; Beyond the Pale and Mike Beyond the Run Chapter 4. Swann in Love: Exceptional Feelings Chapter 5. Dead Ringers: The Flight from Strange and Unloved Women Chapter 6. M. Butterfly: René Gallimard and the Flair for Melodrama Chapter 7. Lolita: The Two Basic Laws of Totemism Bibliography Filmography Notes Index ...
