This title discusses English heritage on film. It argues that the ambivalence of the films themselves and the richness of the reception process necessarily produces a range of often incompatible interpretations of the same films.
The costume drama was one of the important production trends in British cinema during the 1980s and 1990s. Films such as "Chariots of Fire", "A Room with a View", "Howard's End", "Sense and Sensibility", "Elizabeth", and "Shakespeare in Love" won numerous
List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The English heritage film in the 1980s and 1990s: mapping the field; 2. Critical reception: heritage, ambivalence, and interpretation; 3. The commercial context of the heritage film: home affairs; 4. American commercial interests in the heritage film; 5. Case Study I: Howards End (1992); 6. Case Study II: Elizabeth (1998); Conclusion; Select filmography: 'British' Costume Dramas of the 1980s and 1990s; Select bibliography; Index
The costume drama was one of the important production trends in British cinema during the 1980s and 1990s. Films such as "Chariots of Fire", "A Room with a View", "Howard's End", "Sense and Sensibility", "Elizabeth", and "Shakespeare in Love" won numerous
List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The English heritage film in the 1980s and 1990s: mapping the field; 2. Critical reception: heritage, ambivalence, and interpretation; 3. The commercial context of the heritage film: home affairs; 4. American commercial interests in the heritage film; 5. Case Study I: Howards End (1992); 6. Case Study II: Elizabeth (1998); Conclusion; Select filmography: 'British' Costume Dramas of the 1980s and 1990s; Select bibliography; Index