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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.
List 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
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.
Summary
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.
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“This is a well-written, well-researched book. … Napper’s The Great War in Popular British Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey’s End is highly recommended for graduate students and professionals in the areas of Film History, Communications and Cultural Studies. It stands on its own as an invitation to reexamine the culture of understanding interpretations of film.” (Erwin F. Erhardt, III, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Issue 2, December, 2016)
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"This is a well-written, well-researched book. ... Napper's The Great War in Popular British Cinema of the 1920s: Before Journey's End is highly recommended for graduate students and professionals in the areas of Film History, Communications and Cultural Studies. It stands on its own as an invitation to reexamine the culture of understanding interpretations of film." (Erwin F. Erhardt, III, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Issue 2, December, 2016)
