A Mirror for England: British Movies from Austerity to Affluence by Raymond Durgnat (Hardcover First Edition)
Published by Praeger, 1971
Hardcover
First Edition
336 pages
8.75x5.5 inches
Very Good condition. Comes in removable protective Brodart mylar cover.
Raymond Durgnat's classic study of British films from the 1940s to the 1960s remains one of the most important books ever written on British cinema. Durgnat used Mirror to assert the validity of British cinema against its dismissal by the critics of Cahiers du cinéma and Sight and Sound. His analysis takes in classics such as In Which We Serve (1942), A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and The Blue Lamp (1949), alongside 'B' films and popular genres such as Hammer horror. Durgnat makes a cogent and compelling case for the success of British films in reflecting British predicaments, moods and myths, at the same time as providing some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we continue to be perplexed and fascinated.
Published by Praeger, 1971
Hardcover
First Edition
336 pages
8.75x5.5 inches
Very Good condition. Comes in removable protective Brodart mylar cover.
Raymond Durgnat's classic study of British films from the 1940s to the 1960s remains one of the most important books ever written on British cinema. Durgnat used Mirror to assert the validity of British cinema against its dismissal by the critics of Cahiers du cinéma and Sight and Sound. His analysis takes in classics such as In Which We Serve (1942), A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and The Blue Lamp (1949), alongside 'B' films and popular genres such as Hammer horror. Durgnat makes a cogent and compelling case for the success of British films in reflecting British predicaments, moods and myths, at the same time as providing some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we continue to be perplexed and fascinated.
Published by Praeger, 1971
Hardcover
First Edition
336 pages
8.75x5.5 inches
Very Good condition. Comes in removable protective Brodart mylar cover.
Raymond Durgnat's classic study of British films from the 1940s to the 1960s remains one of the most important books ever written on British cinema. Durgnat used Mirror to assert the validity of British cinema against its dismissal by the critics of Cahiers du cinéma and Sight and Sound. His analysis takes in classics such as In Which We Serve (1942), A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and The Blue Lamp (1949), alongside 'B' films and popular genres such as Hammer horror. Durgnat makes a cogent and compelling case for the success of British films in reflecting British predicaments, moods and myths, at the same time as providing some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we continue to be perplexed and fascinated.
