Edwardians on Screen - From Downton Abbey to Parade's End

This book explores television's current fascination with the Edwardian era. By exploring popular period dramas such as Downton Abbey , it examines how the early twentieth century is represented on our screens, and what these shows tell us about class, gender and politics, both past and present.

About the author

Katherine Byrne is Lecturer in English at the University of Ulster, UK. She has published articles and book chapters on Victorian fiction and medicine, adaptation, and neo-Edwardian television. Her previous book, Tuberculosis and the Victorian Literary Imagination, was published in 2011.

Summary

This book explores television's current fascination with the Edwardian era. By exploring popular period dramas such as Downton Abbey , it examines how the early twentieth century is represented on our screens, and what these shows tell us about class, gender and politics, both past and present.

Additional text

'This timely book contributes handsomely to debates about heritage television, commemoration cultures, and historical fiction more generally. It traces contemporary obsession with the Edwardians in judicious, thoughtful, and innovative ways.' - Jerome de Groot, University of Manchester, UK

Report

'This timely book contributes handsomely to debates about heritage television, commemoration cultures, and historical fiction more generally. It traces contemporary obsession with the Edwardians in judicious, thoughtful, and innovative ways.' - Jerome de Groot, University of Manchester, UK

Product details

• Authors: Katherine Byrne, Charles Doyle
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9781349559381
• ISBN: 978-1-349-55938-1
• No. of pages: 173
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 10 mm x 219 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 173 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; B, Cultural History, Media Studies, Sociology, European History, Communication, Social & cultural history, Film History, Media and Communication, Media Research, Media Sociology, Civilization—History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Film history, theory or criticism