Humphrey Jennings

By:

Beattie, Keith [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781847792686

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PN1998 .H867 2010

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Subject: Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revised the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930s and 1940s. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary filmmaker? Jennings' work embodies an outstanding mix of startling apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book carefully examines and expertly explains the central components o.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PN1998.3.455 B43 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn818847380

Includes bibliographies and index.

9780719078552; 9780719078552; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Modernity, myth, colour and collage:the early films; 2 Work and leisure: Spare Time; 3 Sound, image and nation:Words for Battle and Listen to Britain; 4 Documentary reconstruction and prognostication:Fires Were Started and The Silent Village; 5 'What will befall Britain?'A Diary for Timothy; 6 An ambiguous national iconography: Family Portrait; 7 Legacies; Afterword; Filmography; References; Index.

Humphrey Jennings has been described as the only real poet that British cinema has produced. His documentary films are remarkable records of Britain at peace and war, and his range of representational approaches transcended accepted notions of wartime propaganda and revised the strict codes of British documentary film of the 1930s and 1940s. Poet, propagandist, surrealist and documentary filmmaker? Jennings' work embodies an outstanding mix of startling apprehension, personal expression and representational innovation. This book carefully examines and expertly explains the central components o.

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