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Edwardians on Screen: From Downton Abbey to Parade's End
Katherine Byrne
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Description for Edwardians on Screen: From Downton Abbey to Parade's End
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
173
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137467881
SKU
V9781137467881
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Katherine Byrne
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.
Reviews for Edwardians on Screen: From Downton Abbey to Parade's End
'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