A mirror for England : British movies from austerity to affluence / Raymond Durgnat.

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Durgnat, Raymond

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British Film Institute

Series: BFI silverPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Edition: 2nd ed. / with a foreword by Kevin Gough-YatesDescription: xxi, 394 p. : ill., ports. ; 19 cmISBN:

9781844574537 (pbk.) :
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9781844574544 (hbk.) :
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Summary: Raymond Durgnat's classic study of how the middle-class view of life as expressed in British cinema transformed our understanding of British films and also opened some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we have so long been fascinated.

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2 week loan	Hockney Library Main Floor	791.430941/DUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		7412119016

Previous ed.: London: Faber, 1970.

Published in association with the British Film Institute.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Raymond Durgnat's classic study of how the middle-class view of life as expressed in British cinema transformed our understanding of British films and also opened some disturbing new insights into a national character by whose enigmas and contradictions we have so long been fascinated.

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