A Green and Pagan Land

Myth, Magic and Landscape in British Film and Television (livre en anglais)

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de David Huckvale

Type

Etudes

Sujet

Pays > Grande-Bretagne

Mots Clés

fantastique, mythe, Grande-Bretagne, magie

Année d'édition

2018

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Broché • 227 pages
15 x 23 cm

ISBN

978-1-4766-7050-8

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Description de l'ouvrage :
British literature often refers to pagan and classical themes through richly detailed landscapes that suggest more than a mere backdrop of physical features. The myth-inspired writings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Algernon Blackwood, Aleister Crowley, Lord Dunsany and even Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows informed later British films and television dramas such as The Owl Service (1969-70), Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971), The Wicker Man (1973), Excalibur (1981) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). The author analyzes the evocative language and esthetics of landscapes in literature, film, television and music, and how “psycho-geography” is used to explore the influence of the past on the present.

À propos de l'auteur :
David Huckvale has worked as a researcher, writer and presenter for BBC Radio and as a lecturer for various universities in England. He lives in rural Bedfordshire.

Revue de Presse :
"Huckvale digs deep into the origins of British media obsessed with pagn rituals and ancient cults"—popcultureshelf.com

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