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Differences in the Dark: American Movies and English Theater
Michael Gilmore
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Description for Differences in the Dark: American Movies and English Theater
Hardback. This work demonstrates that the way to understand the distinctions between American and English cultures is to study each country's favourite art form. Therefore it studies America's fascination with movies and stars, and the way Britain is reflected in its relationship with the theatre. Num Pages: 192 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; AN; APF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544. .
George Bernard Shaw once quipped that America and England are two cultures separated by a common language. In this innovative attempt to place the movies and theater in the larger context of American and English cultural differences, Michael Gilmore demonstrates that the most interesting way to understand the distinctions between the two cultures is by looking closely at each country's favorite art form. Differences in the Dark is a fresh, wide-ranging look at the meaning of America's fascination with movies and movie stars, and the way the soul of Britain is reflected in its tenacious love affair with the ... Read more
George Bernard Shaw once quipped that America and England are two cultures separated by a common language. In this innovative attempt to place the movies and theater in the larger context of American and English cultural differences, Michael Gilmore demonstrates that the most interesting way to understand the distinctions between the two cultures is by looking closely at each country's favorite art form. Differences in the Dark is a fresh, wide-ranging look at the meaning of America's fascination with movies and movie stars, and the way the soul of Britain is reflected in its tenacious love affair with the ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Columbia University Press New York
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
1st Edition
Yes
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231112246
SKU
KEX0211152
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About Michael Gilmore
Michael T. Gilmore teaches English and American literature at Brandeis University. He is the author of American Romanticism and the Marketplace, a contributor to The Cambridge History of American Literature, and a coeditor of Rethinking Class.
Reviews for Differences in the Dark: American Movies and English Theater
Gilmore's lively account raises questions many of us have never thought of
or dared to bring up... One of the more engaging cross-cultural studies in recent years, [it] has major implications for popular culture. Journal of Popular Culture Gilmore sketches profiles of two societies, American and Britain... From this, he works out that film... is predominantly in America, while the theater, ... Read more
or dared to bring up... One of the more engaging cross-cultural studies in recent years, [it] has major implications for popular culture. Journal of Popular Culture Gilmore sketches profiles of two societies, American and Britain... From this, he works out that film... is predominantly in America, while the theater, ... Read more