Gainsborough Pictures Reframed: Or: Raising Jane Austen for 1990s Film A Film-Historic and Film-Analytical Study of the 1995 Films Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion by Martina Anzinger (Paperback, 2003)
In the 1990s U.S. and British adaptations of Jane Austen novels enjoyed unprecedented popularity. To find out why, one has to revise and go beyond what has dominated in the discussion of these films: the fidelity-to-the-novel-discourse and the influence-of-national-cinema-discourse. Thus, in this book film theory, film history, various kinds of film analysis (structural, feminist, Marxist) and literary analysis are combined. From these angles, the 1990s and previous Austen films are studied and compared, two of them in detail: the 1995 U.S. feature film Sense and Sensibility and the 1995 British telefilm Persuasion. This analysis shows: the 1990s Austen films, though reflecting certain features of British and Hollywood cinema and not greatly deviating from the novels, are independent works of art; also, they are products of their time, displaying, for instance, a liberal feminist attitude and criticism of class distinctions.
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Publisher
Peter Lang Ag
ISBN-13
9783631501993
eBay Product ID (ePID)
116019923
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Book Title
Gainsborough Pictures Reframed: Or: Raising Jane Austen for 1990s Film A Film-Historic and Film-Analytical Study of the 1995 Films Sense and Sensibility and Persuasion
Author
Martina Anzinger
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literature
Publication Year
2003
Number of Pages
234 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
210mm
Item Width
148mm
Volume
397
Item Weight
320g
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Title_Author
Martina Anzinger
Issn
0721-3387
Series Title
Europaische Hochschulschriften Reihe 14: Angelsachsische Sprache Und Literatur