John Mills and British cinema [[electronic resource] ] : masculinity, identity and nation / / Gill Plain
| John Mills and British cinema [[electronic resource] ] : masculinity, identity and nation / / Gill Plain |
| Autore | Plain Gill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43028092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Masculinity in motion pictures
Motion picture actors and actresses - Great Britain Motion pictures - Great Britain - History and criticism Nationalism in motion pictures World War, 1939-1945 - Motion pictures and the war |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-7486-5109-8
9786610501489 1-280-50148-0 0-7486-2661-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; 1 Introduction: Acting English; 2 A British Cagney? Cinema and self-definition in the 1930's; 3 Mills at War, 1940–45: The nation incarnate?; 4 A Cautionary Note: Great expeditions and the postwar world; 5 Dead Men, Angry Men and Drunks: Post-traumatic stress and the 1950's; 6 The Spectre of Impotence: Fathers, lovers and defeated authority; 7 Playing the Fool: Comedy and the end of Everyman; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457317803321 |
Plain Gill
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| Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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John Mills and British cinema [[electronic resource] ] : masculinity, identity and nation / / Gill Plain
| John Mills and British cinema [[electronic resource] ] : masculinity, identity and nation / / Gill Plain |
| Autore | Plain Gill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43028092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Masculinity in motion pictures
Motion picture actors and actresses - Great Britain Motion pictures - Great Britain - History and criticism Nationalism in motion pictures World War, 1939-1945 - Motion pictures and the war |
| ISBN |
0-7486-5109-8
9786610501489 1-280-50148-0 0-7486-2661-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; 1 Introduction: Acting English; 2 A British Cagney? Cinema and self-definition in the 1930's; 3 Mills at War, 1940–45: The nation incarnate?; 4 A Cautionary Note: Great expeditions and the postwar world; 5 Dead Men, Angry Men and Drunks: Post-traumatic stress and the 1950's; 6 The Spectre of Impotence: Fathers, lovers and defeated authority; 7 Playing the Fool: Comedy and the end of Everyman; Filmography; Bibliography; Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784456603321 |
Plain Gill
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| Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Twentieth-century crime fiction : gender, sexuality, and the body / / Gill Plain
| Twentieth-century crime fiction : gender, sexuality, and the body / / Gill Plain |
| Autore | Plain Gill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.087209091 |
| Soggetto topico |
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism
Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Human body in literature Sex role in literature Crime in literature Sex in literature |
| ISBN | 1-4744-3000-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Criminal desires -- Part I Establishing paradigms -- Introduction -- 1 Sacrificial bodies: the corporeal anxieties of Agatha Christie -- 2 When violet yes are smiling: the love stories of Raymond Chandler -- Part II The 'Normal science' of detection -- Introduction -- 3 Dividing the men from the boys: Joseph Hansen's economy of the same -- 4 Wounded masculinity and the Homosocial bond: fathers and lovers in the novels of Dick Francis -- 5 V. I. Warshawski and the little red shoes: Sara Paretsky's feminist fairy tales -- 6 Passing/out: the paradoxical possibilities of detective Delafield -- Part III Shifting paradigms -- Introduction -- 7 Out of order: lesbian detection textual pleasure -- 8 Consuming the boundaries of crime: serial killing and the taste for violence -- 9 Postscript: the death of detective? -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794180803321 |
Plain Gill
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Twentieth-century crime fiction : gender, sexuality, and the body / / Gill Plain
| Twentieth-century crime fiction : gender, sexuality, and the body / / Gill Plain |
| Autore | Plain Gill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) |
| Disciplina | 823.087209091 |
| Soggetto topico |
Detective and mystery stories, English - History and criticism
Detective and mystery stories, American - History and criticism Popular literature - English-speaking countries - History and criticism American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism English fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Human body in literature Sex role in literature Crime in literature Sex in literature |
| ISBN | 1-4744-3000-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Criminal desires -- Part I Establishing paradigms -- Introduction -- 1 Sacrificial bodies: the corporeal anxieties of Agatha Christie -- 2 When violet yes are smiling: the love stories of Raymond Chandler -- Part II The 'Normal science' of detection -- Introduction -- 3 Dividing the men from the boys: Joseph Hansen's economy of the same -- 4 Wounded masculinity and the Homosocial bond: fathers and lovers in the novels of Dick Francis -- 5 V. I. Warshawski and the little red shoes: Sara Paretsky's feminist fairy tales -- 6 Passing/out: the paradoxical possibilities of detective Delafield -- Part III Shifting paradigms -- Introduction -- 7 Out of order: lesbian detection textual pleasure -- 8 Consuming the boundaries of crime: serial killing and the taste for violence -- 9 Postscript: the death of detective? -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809102303321 |
Plain Gill
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2010 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women's fiction of the Second World War : gender, power and resistance / / Gill Plain
| Women's fiction of the Second World War : gender, power and resistance / / Gill Plain |
| Autore | Plain Gill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) |
| Disciplina | 813.54 |
| Soggetto topico | World War, 1939-1945 - Literature and the war |
| ISBN | 1-4744-7170-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part One -- 2. Prelude to War -- 3. Safety in Sanctity: Dorothy L. Sayers's Marriage of Convenience -- 4. Faith in a 'Watching Brief': Stevie Smith and the Religion of Fascism -- 5. 'Breaking the Mould': Virginia Woolf and the Threat of War -- Part Two -- 6. Weathering the Storm -- 7. Violation of a Fiction: Between the Acts and the Myth of 'Our Island History' -- 8. Constructing the Future Through the Past: Naomi Mitchison's Brave New World -- 9. From Alienation to Absence: A voiding the War in The Heat of the Day -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794163403321 |
Plain Gill
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Women's fiction of the Second World War : gender, power and resistance / / Gill Plain
| Women's fiction of the Second World War : gender, power and resistance / / Gill Plain |
| Autore | Plain Gill |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) |
| Disciplina | 813.54 |
| Soggetto topico | World War, 1939-1945 - Literature and the war |
| ISBN | 1-4744-7170-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part One -- 2. Prelude to War -- 3. Safety in Sanctity: Dorothy L. Sayers's Marriage of Convenience -- 4. Faith in a 'Watching Brief': Stevie Smith and the Religion of Fascism -- 5. 'Breaking the Mould': Virginia Woolf and the Threat of War -- Part Two -- 6. Weathering the Storm -- 7. Violation of a Fiction: Between the Acts and the Myth of 'Our Island History' -- 8. Constructing the Future Through the Past: Naomi Mitchison's Brave New World -- 9. From Alienation to Absence: A voiding the War in The Heat of the Day -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827053403321 |
Plain Gill
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| Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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