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The Battle of Britain on Screen: ´The Few´ in British Film and Television Drama
S. P. Mackenzie
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Description for The Battle of Britain on Screen: ´The Few´ in British Film and Television Drama
Hardback. This book examines in depth for the first time the origins, development, and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past seventy years. Series: Societies at War. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 b/w. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; HBJD1; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
This book examines in depth for the first time the origins, development, and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past seventy years. It explores both continuity and change of presentation in relation to a wartime event that acquired near-mythical dimensions in popular consciousness even before it happened and has been represented multiple times over the course of the past seven decades. Alongside technical developments, considerable social, cultural, and political fluctuation (as well as an expansion of factual knowledge concerning the battle itself) occurred in this period, all of ... Read more
This book examines in depth for the first time the origins, development, and reception of the major dramatic screen representations of 'The Few' in the Battle of Britain produced over the past seventy years. It explores both continuity and change of presentation in relation to a wartime event that acquired near-mythical dimensions in popular consciousness even before it happened and has been represented multiple times over the course of the past seven decades. Alongside technical developments, considerable social, cultural, and political fluctuation (as well as an expansion of factual knowledge concerning the battle itself) occurred in this period, all of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Series
Societies at War
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748623891
SKU
V9780748623891
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About S. P. Mackenzie
S. P. MacKenzie is currently Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. He has published a variety of articles and books related to Britain and the Second World War, including The Colditz Myth, British War Films, and The Home Guard. In 1993 the Society for Army Historical Research awarded him the Templer Medal for Politics and Military Morale ... Read more
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